X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 962449FA1B0 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 14:16:40 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15077-09 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 14:16:20 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B2EB9FB1F7 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 14:16:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: by noel.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1B17856440; Tue, 2 May 2006 12:16:19 -0500 (CDT) Received: (hashcash-sendmail, from uid 1001); Tue, 2 May 2006 12:16:17 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 12:16:17 -0500 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: Eric Lam Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Slow restoration question Message-ID: <20060502171617.GZ97354@pervasive.com> References: <444F24E9.2010907@lisasoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <444F24E9.2010907@lisasoft.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p4 amd64 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Hashcash: 1:20:060502:elam@lisasoft.com::i8MxJqB0W13D52L2:00000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000002L4k X-Hashcash: 1:20:060502:pgsql-performance@postgresql.org::ox2Kc/wvNYVkFlFX:00000 000000000000000000000000C2mt X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/30 X-Sequence-Number: 18817 On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 05:14:41PM +0930, Eric Lam wrote: > all dumpfiles total about 17Gb. It has been running for 50ish hrs and up > to about the fourth file (5-6 ish Gb) and this is on a raid 5 server. RAID5 generally doesn't bode too well for performance; that could be part of the issue. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461