I am having the same exact problems. I reduced shared buffers as that seems to have done the trick for now in this thread. If things improve I'll post back and confirm. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/PostgreSQL-9-2-3-performance-problem-caused-Exclusive-locks-tp5747909p5756113.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
