Glyn Astill wrote: > What about the "postgres: startup process" ? Should this always be > visibile on a system reading WALs? Nobody has answered that yet. Yes. In fact it is the only process that reads WAL. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend