On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:11:05 -0500 Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Teodor Sigaev <teodor@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Yeah, I'm not convinced either. Still, Teodor's theory should > >> be easily testable: set synchronize_seqscans to FALSE and see > >> if the problem goes away. > > > Test suit to reproduce the problem: > > I don't doubt that you're describing a real effect, I'm just not > sure yet that it's the same thing Ivan is seeing. He seems to be > talking about more than 4x differences. Yes... 6min compared to something that span a night and is far more than what I'm willing to wait to give an exact measure since it does look to last more than the box itself. Anyway... I'll try Teodor's trick to see if somehow it can circumvent the real cause and I'll try everything on another box ASAP. thanks to all -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general