Alex, On 11/18/05 8:28 AM, "Alex Turner" <armtuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ok - so I ran the same test on my system and get a total speed of 113MB/sec. > Why is this? Why is the system so limited to around just 110MB/sec? I > tuned read ahead up a bit, and my results improve a bit.. OK! Now we're on the same page. Finally someone who actually tests! Check the CPU usage while it's doing the scan. Know what it's doing? Memory copies. We've profiled it extensively. So - that's the suckage - throwing more CPU power helps a bit, but the underlying issue is poorly optimized code in the Postgres executor and lack of I/O asynchrony. - Luke ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly