Hello, i'm using postgresql 7.4.7 on a debian system with a 2.00GHz CPU hyperthreaded, 1GB RAM and 160GB SCSI disk. We optimize some parameters to increase performance: shared_buffers=18750 effective_cache_size=62500 wal_buffers=64 default_statistics_target=100 vacuum_mem=100000 deadlock_timeout=2000 With these parameters we saw the CPU load and the disk usage decrease. But we still have insert that take more that 1s on little table (24000 tupples with 10 rows). We've got 633 connexions/mn on our all databases (68 databases with less than 10 rows each) which each make 1 SQL request (simple select, simple insert, simple update, delete and a few jointure). Is it normal that an insert take 1s for a such table? Is it a configuration problem? Is it a problem of access to the disk? I've made pgbench but i don't find pgbench reference test. -- -- Julien WICQUART NEWTECH MULTIMEDIA Responsable Exploitation 3 ch du Pigeonnier de la Cépière Tel: +33 5 61 43 14 80 31081 TOULOUSE Gsm: +33 6 88 17 16 30 http://www.newtech.fr/ Fax: +33 5 61 43 20 11 j.wicquart@xxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org