Thank for you answer. shared_buffer is at 24Mb effective_cache_size at 2048Mb What do you mean properly ? That's not really helping a novice... -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Same-query-doing-slow-then-quick-tp5725486p5725505.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - performance mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance