Hi, we're running a high load applicatoin (Disks are hard working). While the load is rather constant in it's short term behaviour, we are experiencing a bottle-neck in regular intervals. In such case all connections get used up and pgadmin's "server-status"-Window is totally filled with statements, while single statements take 3-10 sec (normal: <0.2s). But then there're long periods of constant average load wich postgres is rather playing. SO: Is there some periodic scheduled activity, postgres does lets say every 5 min ? (that can pond up many many statements) What else could do that? Currently all periodic activities are paused. Tanks in advance PS. new harddisks are coming