technical question: "database under load"

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GusVin

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What's the meaning of "under load" on the sentence below:

"... or if the database system is under load (locks couldn’t be acquired)."

thanks in advance.

regards.
 
    • Terse answer.
    Lots of processes accessing the database.
    Lots of nodes already locked so that processes can update them.
    Lots more processes wanting to lock nodes and unable to do so.

    That's a database under load - under pressure - experiencing more demand for service than it is capable of providing.
     
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