-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Robert Fitzpatrick <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 13:22 -0400, Bill Moran wrote: >>> In response to Robert Fitzpatrick <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> >>>> I have a large database used with our mail filter. The pg_dumpall >>>> results in about 3GB with this being the only database in the system >>>> besides templates and postgres. >>>> >>>> I do a vacuum every night after backup and it takes about an hour, is >>>> this normal for this size db? >>> "normal" is relative. If it's taking an hour to vacuum 3G, I would say >>> that either your hardware is undersized/badly configured, or you're >>> not vacuuming often enough. >> It is a dual P4 processor supermicro server with 2GB of RAM, so I will >> need to go over the configuration then? I didn't think it should take so >> long... > > Why does everyone leave of the IO subsystem? It's almost as if many > people don't realize that disks exist ... I have disks? - -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG8txpATb/zqfZUUQRAlgRAKCUhKoTaTFjYy5fdRktrCuAfWTdlwCgo1wF Hrg1Dwk+TYxTbWeQEKW2LYY= =JDqc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/