On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Merlin Moncure wrote on 30.04.2012 23:43: > >> Trying turning off fsync in postgrsql.conf to be sure. > > > This is a dangerous advise. > Turning off fsync can potentially corrupt the database in case of a system > failure (e.g. power outage). > sure. that said, we're just trying to figure out why he's getting around 40tps. since he's only benchmarking test data it's perfectly ok to do that. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance