On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> RAM : 16 GB > >> effective_cache_size = 4096MB > > That should probably be more like 12GB to 15GB. It probably won't > affect the load time here, but could affect other queries. Actually on a heavily written database a large effective cache size makes things slower. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance