Simon Riggs <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > ISTM more likely to be a problem with checkpointing clog or subtrans. > That would block everybody and the scale of the problem is about right. That's what I had been thinking too, but the log_checkpoint output conclusively disproves it: those steps are taking less than 20msec. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general