Thursday, June 9, 2011, 11:20:33 AM you wrote: > *Jun 9 04:45:42 kernel: postmaster(31965): floating-point assist fault at > ip 40000000003dad71, isr 0000020000000008* A quick search for 'floating-point assist fault' reveals this article: http://h21007.www2.hp.com/portal/site/dspp/menuitem.863c3e4cbcdc3f3515b49c108973a801?ciid=62080055abe021100055abe02110275d6e10RCRD In short: The message is harmless, and should not have any influence on postgres performance, except if you're getting millions of them... -- Jochen Erwied | home: jochen@xxxxxxxxx +49-208-38800-18, FAX: -19 Sauerbruchstr. 17 | work: joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +49-2151-7294-24, FAX: -50 D-45470 Muelheim | mobile: jochen.erwied@xxxxxxxxxxx +49-173-5404164 -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance