"silviapg@xxxxxxxxxx" <silviapg@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > in March there was an interesting discussion on the list with the > subject "postgres eating CPU on HP9000". > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2004-03/msg00380.php Reviewing that, the problem is most likely that (a) they didn't have max_fsm_pages set high enough to cover the database, and (b) they were running 7.3.* which is prone to index bloat. regards, tom lane
