Re: What does this tell me?

Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > Rest of postgresql.conf params after my signature.   All
> > suggestions
> > > are welcome.  This server has been acting "sick" since I started
> > with
> > > it, under-performing my workstation and MS SQL Server.  Either I've
> > set
> > > something wrong, or there's a hardware problem I need to track
> > down.
> > >
> > > BTW, is there any problem for postgres in turning the fill access
> > time
> > > recorder in the host filesystem off?  This is often good for a
> > minor
> > > performance gain.
> >
> > No problem.
> >
> > You might want to try pgbench and see if that works.
>
> Yeah.  I was planning on that -- as well as the postgresql.conf tuner
> -- as soon as I can get through one data transfer so that I have a
> little working time.

I was suggesting pgbench because the system should never lock up on you.
Maybe something is very wrong.

What happens if you issue the CHECKPOINT command?

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