Miguel Arroz <arroz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote .. > I'm testing an update on 66k rows on Postgresql, and it seems > something is not right here. > > My server is a Quad-Xeon 3.2 Ghz with 2 GB RAM and a RAID 1 running > FreeBSD 6.3 and PgSQL 8.3. My development machine is a PowerBook G4 > 1.67 Ghz with 2 GB RAM, OS X Leopard and PgSQL 8.3. [62 seconds on server, 25 seconds on much weaker development machine] OK, my guess is that the server's tables are bloated beyond what regular VACUUM can fix. Try a VACUUM FULL VERBOSE or a re-CLUSTER if the tables are clustered. Hope this helps. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance