On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 04:09:54PM -0400, Daniel J. Luke wrote: > no warnings in the log (I did change the checkpoint settings when I > set up the database, but didn't notice an appreciable difference in > insert performance). How about wal_buffers? Upping it might not help all that much if only one thread is writing, but you might give it a try... /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/