The read speed on your /data volume is awful to the point where you should consider it broken and find a fix. A quick comparison: the same number on a 16 drive internal SATA array with 7200 RPM disks gets 950 MB/s read, about 25 times faster for about 1/4 the price.
I'm hoping that the poor performance is a result of Oracle doing random reads while I try and do the sequential read. If not (I'll test on Monday), I'll start looking other places. Any immediate suggestions?
Can you provide about 10 seconds worth of "vmstat 1" while running your COPY so we can get a global view of the I/O and CPU?
Here it is, taken from a spot about halfway through a 'cat file | psql' load, with the "Oracle-is-installed-and-running" caveat: r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 1 0 345732 29328 770980 12947212 0 0 20 16552 1223 3677 12 2 85 1 1 0 345732 29840 770520 12946924 0 0 20 29244 1283 2955 11 2 85 1 1 0 345732 32144 770560 12944436 0 0 12 16436 1204 2936 11 2 86 1 1 0 345732 33744 770464 12942764 0 0 20 16460 1189 2005 10 2 86 1 2 0 345732 32656 770140 12943972 0 0 16 7068 1057 3434 13 2 85 0 1 0 345732 34832 770184 12941820 0 0 20 9368 1170 3120 11 2 86 1 1 0 345732 36528 770228 12939804 0 0 16 32668 1297 2109 11 2 85 1 1 0 345732 29304 770272 12946764 0 0 16 16428 1192 3105 12 2 85 1 1 0 345732 30840 770060 12945480 0 0 20 16456 1196 3151 12 2 84 1 1 0 345732 32760 769972 12943528 0 0 12 16460 1185 3103 11 2 86 1
