Re: 8.4.1 ubuntu karmic slow createdb

[Michael Clemmons <glassresistor@xxxxxxxxx>]

Im not sure what that means ppl in my office with slower hd speeds using 8.4 can create a db in 2s vs my 8-12s.  Could using md5 instead of ident do it?

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Andres Freund <andres@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thursday 10 December 2009 21:41:08 Michael Clemmons wrote:
> Hey,
> I've got a computer which runs but 8.3 and 8.4.  To create a db it takes 4s
> for 8.3 and 9s for 8.4.  I have many unit tests which create databases all
> of the time and now run much slower than 8.3 but it seems to be much longer
> as I remember at one point creating databases I considered an instantaneous
> thing.  Does any on the list know why this is true and if I can get it back
> to normal.

Possibly you had fsync=off at the time?

Andres