Thanks a lot for your reply. Hannu Krosing: > > 4 Core CPU 3 Ghz, WinXP, 1 TB SATA disk. > > try inserting the same data using 4 parallel connections or even 8 > parallel ones. Interesting idea -- I forgot to mention though that 2-3 cores will be occupied soon with other tasks. Felix -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance