diff --git a/ethdb/database.go b/ethdb/database.go
index 001d8f0bb943..86dd21076204 100644
--- a/ethdb/database.go
+++ b/ethdb/database.go
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ func (db *LDBDatabase) meter(refresh time.Duration) {
 		delaystats      [2]int64
 		lastWriteDelay  time.Time
 		lastWriteDelayN time.Time
+		lastWritePaused time.Time
 	)
 
 	// Iterate ad infinitum and collect the stats
@@ -267,8 +268,9 @@ func (db *LDBDatabase) meter(refresh time.Duration) {
 			delayN        int64
 			delayDuration string
 			duration      time.Duration
+			paused        bool
 		)
-		if n, err := fmt.Sscanf(writedelay, "DelayN:%d Delay:%s", &delayN, &delayDuration); n != 2 || err != nil {
+		if n, err := fmt.Sscanf(writedelay, "DelayN:%d Delay:%s Paused:%t", &delayN, &delayDuration, &paused); n != 3 || err != nil {
 			db.log.Error("Write delay statistic not found")
 			return
 		}
@@ -301,6 +303,14 @@ func (db *LDBDatabase) meter(refresh time.Duration) {
 				lastWriteDelay = time.Now()
 			}
 		}
+		// If a warning that db is performing compaction has been displayed, any subsequent
+		// warnings will be withheld for one minute not to overwhelm the user.
+		if paused && delayN-delaystats[0] == 0 && duration.Nanoseconds()-delaystats[1] == 0 &&
+			time.Now().After(lastWritePaused.Add(writeDelayWarningThrottler)) {
+			db.log.Warn("Database compacting, degraded performance")
+			lastWritePaused = time.Now()
+		}
+
 		delaystats[0], delaystats[1] = delayN, duration.Nanoseconds()
 
 		// Retrieve the database iostats.
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/db.go b/vendor/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/db.go
index 3655418ad363..e7ac0654187d 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/db.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/db.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type DB struct {
 	// Stats. Need 64-bit alignment.
 	cWriteDelay            int64 // The cumulative duration of write delays
 	cWriteDelayN           int32 // The cumulative number of write delays
+	inWritePaused          int32 // The indicator whether write operation is paused by compaction
 	aliveSnaps, aliveIters int32
 
 	// Session.
@@ -967,7 +968,8 @@ func (db *DB) GetProperty(name string) (value string, err error) {
 			float64(db.s.stor.writes())/1048576.0)
 	case p == "writedelay":
 		writeDelayN, writeDelay := atomic.LoadInt32(&db.cWriteDelayN), time.Duration(atomic.LoadInt64(&db.cWriteDelay))
-		value = fmt.Sprintf("DelayN:%d Delay:%s", writeDelayN, writeDelay)
+		paused := atomic.LoadInt32(&db.inWritePaused) == 1
+		value = fmt.Sprintf("DelayN:%d Delay:%s Paused:%t", writeDelayN, writeDelay, paused)
 	case p == "sstables":
 		for level, tables := range v.levels {
 			value += fmt.Sprintf("--- level %d ---\n", level)
@@ -996,6 +998,75 @@ func (db *DB) GetProperty(name string) (value string, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+// DBStats is database statistics.
+type DBStats struct {
+	WriteDelayCount    int32
+	WriteDelayDuration time.Duration
+	WritePaused        bool
+
+	AliveSnapshots int32
+	AliveIterators int32
+
+	IOWrite uint64
+	IORead  uint64
+
+	BlockCacheSize    int
+	OpenedTablesCount int
+
+	LevelSizes        []int64
+	LevelTablesCounts []int
+	LevelRead         []int64
+	LevelWrite        []int64
+	LevelDurations    []time.Duration
+}
+
+// Stats populates s with database statistics.
+func (db *DB) Stats(s *DBStats) error {
+	err := db.ok()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	s.IORead = db.s.stor.reads()
+	s.IOWrite = db.s.stor.writes()
+	s.WriteDelayCount = atomic.LoadInt32(&db.cWriteDelayN)
+	s.WriteDelayDuration = time.Duration(atomic.LoadInt64(&db.cWriteDelay))
+	s.WritePaused = atomic.LoadInt32(&db.inWritePaused) == 1
+
+	s.OpenedTablesCount = db.s.tops.cache.Size()
+	if db.s.tops.bcache != nil {
+		s.BlockCacheSize = db.s.tops.bcache.Size()
+	} else {
+		s.BlockCacheSize = 0
+	}
+
+	s.AliveIterators = atomic.LoadInt32(&db.aliveIters)
+	s.AliveSnapshots = atomic.LoadInt32(&db.aliveSnaps)
+
+	s.LevelDurations = s.LevelDurations[:0]
+	s.LevelRead = s.LevelRead[:0]
+	s.LevelWrite = s.LevelWrite[:0]
+	s.LevelSizes = s.LevelSizes[:0]
+	s.LevelTablesCounts = s.LevelTablesCounts[:0]
+
+	v := db.s.version()
+	defer v.release()
+
+	for level, tables := range v.levels {
+		duration, read, write := db.compStats.getStat(level)
+		if len(tables) == 0 && duration == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		s.LevelDurations = append(s.LevelDurations, duration)
+		s.LevelRead = append(s.LevelRead, read)
+		s.LevelWrite = append(s.LevelWrite, write)
+		s.LevelSizes = append(s.LevelSizes, tables.size())
+		s.LevelTablesCounts = append(s.LevelTablesCounts, len(tables))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // SizeOf calculates approximate sizes of the given key ranges.
 // The length of the returned sizes are equal with the length of the given
 // ranges. The returned sizes measure storage space usage, so if the user
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/db_write.go b/vendor/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/db_write.go
index 31f4bc5efcb5..db0c1bece1db 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/db_write.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/db_write.go
@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ func (db *DB) flush(n int) (mdb *memDB, mdbFree int, err error) {
 			return false
 		case tLen >= pauseTrigger:
 			delayed = true
+			// Set the write paused flag explicitly.
+			atomic.StoreInt32(&db.inWritePaused, 1)
 			err = db.compTriggerWait(db.tcompCmdC)
+			// Unset the write paused flag.
+			atomic.StoreInt32(&db.inWritePaused, 0)
 			if err != nil {
 				return false
 			}
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index fdc77893644d..dc46b182a915 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -418,10 +418,10 @@
 			"revisionTime": "2017-07-05T02:17:15Z"
 		},
 		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "k13cCuMJO7+KhR8ZXx5oUqDKGQA=",
+			"checksumSHA1": "TJV50D0q8E3vtc90ibC+qOYdjrw=",
 			"path": "github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb",
-			"revision": "ae970a0732be3a1f5311da86118d37b9f4bd2a5a",
-			"revisionTime": "2018-05-02T07:23:49Z"
+			"revision": "59047f74db0d042c8d8dd8e30bb030bc774a7d7a",
+			"revisionTime": "2018-05-21T04:45:49Z"
 		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "EKIow7XkgNdWvR/982ffIZxKG8Y=",