Oh yeah, what's your swappiness setting (assuming you're running some flavor of linux: sysctl -a|grep swapp should tell you. I set it to something small like 5 or so on db servers. Default of 60 is fine for an interactive desktop but usually too high for a server. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general