Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
>> ... Now I understand that restoring log files can be slow but this is a big
>> machine.
>
> Yeah, restoring is known to be less than speedy, because essentially
> zero optimization work has been done on it.
>
> Heikki has improved matters a bit in 8.3, but I suspect it's still
> not great.
Wow, o.k. well it is something we (the community) really should look at
for 8.4. I am surprised that it is slower than just walking through the
xlogs on recovery. I am sure there is a reason just surprised.
Thanks for answering.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
>
> regards, tom lane
>