On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Phoenix Kiula <phoenix.kiula@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Btw, hardware is not an issue. My db has been working fine for a > while. Smaller poorer systems around the web run InnoDB databases. I > wouldn't touch that with a barge pole. > > I have a hardware RAID controller, not "fake". It's a good quality > battery-backed 3Ware: > http://192.19.193.26/products/serial_ata2-9000.asp (please stop top posting) Also, when you run top and hit c what do those various postgres processes say they're doing? bgwriter, SELECT, VACUMM etc? -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance