Craig James <cjames@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I've confirmed that hyperthreading causes a huge drop in performance on a > 2x4-core Intel Xeon E5620 2.40GHz system. The bottom line is: Interesting. > I'll be upgrading to 8.4.14 and making more changes to postgres.conf based > on feedback. The server is available for a day or so for more tests if > anyone has suggestions. It would be nice to see similar tests done with 9.2. 8.4 is kind of old news as far as server performance is concerned. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance