>>>>> "MG" == Mladen Gogala <mladen.gogala@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: MG> Good time accounting is the most compelling reason for having a wait MG> event interface, like Oracle. Without the wait event interface, one MG> cannot really tell where the time is spent, at least not without MG> profiling the database code, which is not an option for a production MG> database. And how exactly, given that the kernel does not know whether the CPU is active or waiting on ram, could an application do so? -JimC -- James Cloos <cloos@xxxxxxxxxxx> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6 -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance