Javier de la Torre wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been searching around for an answer to this, but I coulnd't find > anything. So here we go. > > I am running PostgreSQL 8.1.3 on Red Hat on an Intel server with 2GB > of RAM and lot of free HD space. > > I have a very large dump file, more then 4GB, to recreate a database. > When I run: > > psql -Uuser -q -dmydatabase <mydump.sql & > > It works, but is slow, it inserts about 1.000 record in 10 seconds. > But the curious thing is that if I check the resources of the server > it seems that psql is not using them much. "top" says that postgres is > using around 2% of the processor and psql around 1% so that server is > only 3% used. "top" also says that more or less 48% idle and > 50%waiting... > > In the other hand the memory seems to be very high... > > What could be the problem? Is that the server is just slow reading > from the file? It has a 300GB SCSI drive. > > Is there any way to make this work faster? I would like to recreate > the db at least once a month, but this taked too much time... > > Thanks in advance for any advice. > > Javier. > How is the MyDump created? is it inserts? Or copy's? -- Larry Rosenman Database Support Engineer PERVASIVE SOFTWARE. INC. 12365B RIATA TRACE PKWY 3015 AUSTIN TX 78727-6531 Tel: 512.231.6173 Fax: 512.231.6597 Email: Larry.Rosenman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: www.pervasive.com
