> > > > > 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? > > I'd be happy to test this if someone could provide a build, > or if there's instructions somewhere for doing such a build... Instructions are here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_MINGW.html Let me know if you can't get that working an I can get a set of binaries for you. //Magnus
