> > > FWIW, I've found problems running PostgreSQL on Windows in a > > > multi-CPU environment on w2k3. It runs fine for some period, and > > > then CPU and throughput drop to zero. So far I've been unable to > > > track down any more information than that, other than the > fact that > > > I haven't been able to reproduce this on any single-CPU machines. > > > > I have had previous correspondence about this with Magnus (search > > -general and -hackers). If you uninstall SP1 the problem > goes away. We > > played a bit with potential fixes but didn't find any. > > Interesting; does SP2 fix the problem? Anything we can do > over here to help? There is no SP2 for Windows 2003. Have you tried this with latest-and-greatest CVS HEAD? Meaning with the new semaphore code that was committed a couple of days ago? //Magnus
