On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Ibrahim Harrani <ibrahim.harrani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Version 1.93d ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- > Concurrency 1 -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- > Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP > myserver 300M 391 97 9619 1 8537 2 673 99 +++++ +++ 1196 16 > Latency 211ms 388ms 325ms 27652us 722us 6720ms > Version 1.93d ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------- > myserver -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- > files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP > 16 9004 25 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ 8246 20 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ > Latency 592ms 208us 102us 673ms 179us 100us You should be testing bonnie with a file size that is at least double the amount of memory in your machine - in this case, 4GB files, not 300MB files. > When I compare my bonnie++ result with the one at > http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/pg-disktesting.htm, > It seems that there is something wrong with the disks!? Yes, your machine appears to be very slow. You should be able to write in the order of 30-50MB/s+ and read in the order of 40-80MB/s+. Random IO should be in the 200 tps range for a 7200rpm SATA RAID1. -Dave -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance