On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 12:12 -0400, Greg Smith wrote: > Since you're probably not monitoring I/O waits and similar statistics on > how the disk array's cache is being used, whether this is happening or not > to you won't be obvious from what the operating system is reporting. A sysadmin looked at cache usage on the disk array. The read cache is being used heavily, and the write cache is not. -- Brad Nicholson 416-673-4106 Database Administrator, Afilias Canada Corp. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq