>> And if so, where does that extra load go? Disk? CPU? RAM? > > As of 8.4.X the load isn't measurable. Thanks Bruce. What about 8.3 since that is our current production DB? -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance