# Postgres using 100% of CPU

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-using-100-of-cpu/45261>\
**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")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 9

<div class="post-metadata">

**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, 1:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-using-100-of-cpu/45261/9 "2016-06-05T13:21:35Z")

</div>

Well, this morning we’re up to a load average of 12 🙂

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/4/44f54fefe4ce8e3d2a4f1330cabb066a0200abf2.png)

But it does appear to have moved on from the “DELETE” queries, and is running others. I assume this is some sort of database check.

The forum is still responsive with this load, so I’ll let it proceed for a while. Seems a bit crazy though.

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-using-100-of-cpu/45261)._