X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1CFD7028 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 01:47:06 -0400 (AST) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 95138-07 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 05:47:02 +0000 (GMT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from obelix.askesis.nl (laudanum.demon.nl [82.161.125.16]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C86CD682C for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 01:47:01 -0400 (AST) Received: obelix.askesis.nl 172.31.0.1 from 172.31.1.8 172.31.1.8 via HTTP with MS-WebStorage 6.0.6249 Received: from Panoramix by obelix.askesis.nl; 07 Nov 2005 06:47:00 +0100 Subject: Re: Performance PG 8.0 on dual opteron / 4GB / 3ware From: Joost Kraaijeveld To: Christopher Kings-Lynne Cc: Tom Lane , Pgsql-Performance In-Reply-To: <436EDA0B.8030604@familyhealth.com.au> References: <1131283854.15471.4.camel@Panoramix> <25425.1131297440@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1131305633.5882.17.camel@Panoramix> <2503.1131308773@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1131337559.5877.7.camel@Panoramix> <436EDA0B.8030604@familyhealth.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:46:41 +0100 Message-Id: <1131342401.5877.27.camel@Panoramix> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.056 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.055, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY=0.001] X-Spam-Score: 0.056 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/109 X-Sequence-Number: 15366 Hi Christopher, On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 12:37 +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > Now *I* am confused. What does PgAdmin do more than giving the query to > > the database? > > It builds it into the data grid GUI object. But my initial question was about a query that does not produce data at all (well, a response from the server saying it is finished). I broke that query off after several hours. I am now running the query from my initial question with psql (now for >1 hour, in a transaction, fsyn off). Some statistics : uptime: 06:35:55 up 9:47, 6 users, load average: 7.08, 7.21, 6.08 iostat -x -k 1 (this output appears to be representative): avg-cpu: %user %nice %sys %iowait %idle 1.00 0.00 0.50 98.51 0.00 Device: sda sdb rrqm/s 0.00 0.00 wrqm/s 14.00 611.00 r/s 0.00 1.00 w/s 3.00 201.00 rsec/s 0.00 32.00 wsec/s 136.00 6680.00 rkB/s 0.00 16.00 wkB/s 68.00 3340.00 avgrq-sz 45.33 33.23 avgqu-sz 0.00 145.67 await 0.67 767.19 svctm 0.67 4.97 %util 0.20 100.30 -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 e-mail: J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl web: www.askesis.nl