On 2008-04-01 09:44, mark wrote: > I already am running 8.3.1 [ i mentioned in subject]. Missed that, sorry. I'd first try to set the following on a write-busy 8.3 server to smooth checkpoint spikes: checkpoint_segments = 16 checkpoint_timeout = 20min checkpoint_completion_target = 0.8 I'd also set log_checkpoints=on to get an idea how it behaves. But I have no experience on anything with more than 1GB of RAM... Regards Tometzky -- ...although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were... Winnie the Pooh -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general