Hello All, I am using jdbcrunner-1.2 to run PostgreSQL performance tests. For certain tests, i need to increase the CPU usage of the servers especially at user level. I tried using both tpcc and tpcb load with scale factor of 100. Even after setting the number of client connections as high as 420, I am unable to achieve high CPU usage. It is hardly 3 percent. I think this is because most of the client connections are idle. The tpcc and tpcb transactions seem to be consuming very less CPU. In postgresql.conf file, I have lowered checkpoint segments to 1 in order to overwhelm the server with checkpoints but no significant increase in iowait of the CPU. Can somebody suggest a better idea to load PostgreSQL servers to increase CPU usage.? Configurations of my machine is: Processors: Xeon E5-2650 Processor Kit Intel® Xeon ® Processor E5-2650 (2 GHz, 8C/16T, 20 MB) * 2 nos RAM : 32GB DDR3-1600 REG Memory Kit 8x 4GB Registered ECC DIMM, DDR3L-1600(PC3L-12800) HDD: 450GB 10K Hot Plug 2.5-inch SAS HDD * 8 nos 1 x 450 GB SAS HDD, 2.5-inch, 6Gb/s Disk Speed : 10,000 RPM RAID Controller (512MB, RAID 0/1) Thank you, -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general