> Yes, very much so. Windows lacks the fork() concept, which is what makes > PostgreSQL much slower there. So grossly slower process creation would kill postgres connection times. But what about the cases where persistent connections are used? Is it the case also that Windows has a performance bottleneck for interprocess communication? -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings