>>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 7:18 PM, in message <25418.1184631498@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Somehow, autovac is doing something that makes the filesystem go nuts > every so often, and take an astonishingly long time to create an empty > file. But autovac itself doesn't create or delete any files, so what's > up here? Have you ruled out checkpoints as the culprit? -Kevin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate