On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:20 PM, MirrorX <mirrorx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -32 cores, > -not cpu bound (the cpu util was about 5% when i performed the tests) A single query will only use a single CPU. 5% of 32 cores is 100% of 1.6 cores. Are you sure that the 1 core doing the 1 postgresql query wasn't 100% utilized? a. -- Aidan Van Dyk Create like a god, aidan@xxxxxxxxxxx command like a king, http://www.highrise.ca/ work like a slave. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance