-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml,v 1.48 2007/03/30 18:34:55 mha Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml,v 1.49 2007/04/26 22:10:54 neilc Exp $ -->
<chapter id="monitoring">
<title>Monitoring Database Activity</title>
<entry><type>bigint</type></entry>
<entry>
The number of times the bgwriter has started timed checkpoints
- (because the <varname>checkpoint_timeout</varname> time has expired).
+ (because the <varname>checkpoint_timeout</varname> time has expired)
</entry>
</row>
<entry><literal><function>pg_stat_get_bgwriter_requested_checkpoints</function>()</literal></entry>
<entry><type>bigint</type></entry>
<entry>
- The number of times the bgwriter has started checkpoints based on
- requests from backends because the <varname>checkpoint_segments</varname>
- has been exceeded or because the CHECKPOINT command has been issued.
+ The number of times the bgwriter has started checkpoints based
+ on requests from backends because the <varname>checkpoint_segments</varname>
+ has been exceeded or because the <command>CHECKPOINT</command>
+ command has been issued
</entry>
</row>
<entry><literal><function>pg_stat_get_bgwriter_buf_written_checkpoints</function>()</literal></entry>
<entry><type>bigint</type></entry>
<entry>
- The number of buffers written by the bgwriter during checkpoints.
+ The number of buffers written by the bgwriter during checkpoints
</entry>
</row>
<entry><type>bigint</type></entry>
<entry>
The number of buffers written by the bgwriter when performing a
- LRU scan of the buffer cache.
+ LRU scan of the buffer cache
</entry>
</row>
<entry><type>bigint</type></entry>
<entry>
The number of buffers written by the bgwriter when performing a
- scan of all the buffer cache.
+ scan of all the buffer cache
</entry>
</row>
<entry>
The number of times the bgwriter has stopped its LRU round because
it has written more buffers than specified in the
- <varname>bgwriter_lru_maxpages</varname> parameter.
+ <varname>bgwriter_lru_maxpages</varname> parameter
</entry>
</row>
<entry>
The number of times the bgwriter has stopped its all-buffer round
because it has written more buffers than specified in the
- <varname>bgwriter_all_maxpages</varname> parameter.
+ <varname>bgwriter_all_maxpages</varname> parameter
</entry>
</row>