Commit f4af189d authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Clarify documentation references to pg_stat_get_blocks_fetched and

pg_stat_get_blocks_hit, per suggestion from Robert Haas.
parent f9578e17
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml,v 1.66 2009/03/28 00:10:23 tgl Exp $ --> <!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml,v 1.67 2009/04/09 22:32:02 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="monitoring"> <chapter id="monitoring">
<title>Monitoring Database Activity</title> <title>Monitoring Database Activity</title>
...@@ -924,8 +924,8 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re ...@@ -924,8 +924,8 @@ postgres: <replaceable>user</> <replaceable>database</> <replaceable>host</> <re
<note> <note>
<para> <para>
<function>blocks_fetched</function> minus <function>pg_stat_get_blocks_fetched</function> minus
<function>blocks_hit</function> gives the number of kernel <function>pg_stat_get_blocks_hit</function> gives the number of kernel
<function>read()</> calls issued for the table, index, or <function>read()</> calls issued for the table, index, or
database; but the actual number of physical reads is usually database; but the actual number of physical reads is usually
lower due to kernel-level buffering. lower due to kernel-level buffering.
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