On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Gavin Flower <GavinFlower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> 16 core Xeon X5550 2.67GHz >>> 128GB RAM >>> $PGDATA sits on a RAID5 array comprised of 3 SATA disks. Its Linux's >>> md software RAID. > >> How does this compare to your other machines running the same, or >> similar, databases? >> However, you do say that the other machines are indentical - but are the >> other >> machines different in any aspect, that might prove siginificant? > > I think Lonnie said that the other machines are just running standby > clusters, which would mean they aren't running autovacuum as such, > merely applying any WAL it produces. So that could be plenty enough > to explain a difference in kernel-visible behavior. Yes, that is correct. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general