Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5DA4632949 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:34:59 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 54799-04 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:34:52 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com (host-215.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.215]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEDFD6323FF for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:34:52 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4C3C348037; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:34:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at commandprompt.com Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spinlock.commandprompt.com.commandprompt.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YIcQP84nmr06; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:34:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (190-95-28-211.bk17-dsl.surnet.cl [190.95.28.211]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5EBB9348035; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:34:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 50FFC6E902; Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:34:47 -0400 (CLT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Max Williams , "pgsql-performance@postgresql.org" , lacey.powers@commandprompt.com Subject: Re: Large (almost 50%!) performance drop after upgrading to 8.4.4? From: Alvaro Herrera To: Tom Lane In-reply-to: <17509.1276184785@sss.pgh.pa.us> References: <0357196CB603794BB76F4F6B373F27330506EACE45@SERVER.ddnglobal.local> <1276158598.5764.22.camel@hp-laptop2.gunduz.org> <0357196CB603794BB76F4F6B373F27330506EACE51@SERVER.ddnglobal.local> <15383.1276179056@sss.pgh.pa.us> <0357196CB603794BB76F4F6B373F27330506EACE55@SERVER.ddnglobal.local> <4C10BB59020000250003214A@gw.wicourts.gov> <0357196CB603794BB76F4F6B373F27330506EACE56@SERVER.ddnglobal.local> <17509.1276184785@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:34:47 -0400 Message-Id: <1276187560-sup-6778@alvh.no-ip.org> User-Agent: Sup/0.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.494 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_05=-0.5, PLING_QUERY=0.994 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201006/168 X-Sequence-Number: 39024 Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of jue jun 10 11:46:25 -0400 2010: > Yes, the folks at commandprompt need to be told about this. Loudly. > It's a serious packaging error. Just notified Lacey, the packager (not so loudly, though); she's working on new packages, and apologizes for the inconvenience. -- Álvaro Herrera The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support