> whats the storage like on linode? ÂIs that some sort of virtualized cloudy > thing? Â wild guess says committed random writes are really slow. Yes it's some sort of a virtual cloudy thing. I can't tell you more than that though. They sell virtual machines and this project runs on them. Does anybody else have any suggestions for how I can make this database behave a little better? Is there some tweak I am missing? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general