It is always better to run performance script and database on different machines. >From DBT5 documentation it doesn't seems like you can connect to remote host. If yo found you can use that. If it is not present then:- Use wrapper tools like pg_bench tool which samrat has suggested . where you can specify dbt5 command as in this tool command for pg_bench is written. Also check host variable in dbt5 and if it is possible to change values for that variable then pass address of remote host. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Fw-osdldbt-general-Running-DBT5-on-remote-database-server-tp5764754p5765132.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