On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 14:56, Divakar Singh <dpsmails@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for your tips. i will try those. > I am on Solaris Sparc 5.10 Sorry, I assumed you were running Linux. But still it could be the same problem as I had. Be careful changing your wal_sync_method, as it has the potential to corrupt your database. I have no experience with Solaris. For what it's worth, Jignesh Shah recommends using wal_sync_method=fsync on Solaris: http://blogs.sun.com/jkshah/entry/postgresql_on_solaris_better_use http://blogs.sun.com/jkshah/entry/postgresql_wal_sync_method_and Regards, Marti -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance