Metin Doslu wrote: > When we send concurrent Select queries to these tables, query performance > doesn't scale out with the number of CPU cores. We find that complex Select > queries scale out better than simpler ones. We also find that increasing > the block size from 8 KB to 32 KB, or increasing shared_buffers to include > the working set mitigates the problem to some extent. Maybe you could help test this patch: http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20131115194725.GG5489@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance