"mcelroy, tim" <tim.mcelroy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The du . -h in $PGDATA showed PROD001 at 9.1G and Prod0002 at 8.8G so > they're pretty much the same, one would think the smaller one should be > faster. Yes, the backup files are identical in size. Hmph. You should carry the "du" analysis down to the subdirectory level, eg make sure that it's not a case of lots of pg_xlog bloat balancing out bloat in a different area on the other system. But I suspect you won't find anything. > I'm hoping the Engineering staff can find something system related as I > doubted and still doubt that it's a postgres issue. I tend to agree. You might try watching "vmstat 1" output while taking the dumps, so you could at least get a clue whether the problem is CPU or I/O related ... regards, tom lane
