# Postgres using 100% of CPU

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [June 5, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-using-100-of-cpu/45261 "2016-06-05T00:19:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![MiG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mig/32/119486_2.png) [@MiG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MiG)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-using-100-of-cpu/45261/8 "2016-06-05T03:08:25Z")

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Do they start every x minutes or something like that? I currently have 5 of them running … Up from 3 a few hours ago.

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