X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9374552932 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:50:26 -0300 (ADT) 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 31735-03 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:50:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosting.commandprompt.com (128.commandprompt.com [207.173.200.128]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 122155284F for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:50:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.52] (fc1smp [66.93.38.87]) (authenticated bits=0) by hosting.commandprompt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j6JHoDhr028623; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:50:13 -0700 Message-ID: <42DD3D55.9020508@commandprompt.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:50:13 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-1.3.3 (X11/20050513) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Oliver Crosby Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Looking for tips References: <1efd553a05071910427b290203@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1efd553a05071910427b290203@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.014 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200507/296 X-Sequence-Number: 13537 Oliver Crosby wrote: > Hi, > I'm running Postgres 7.4.6 on a dedicated server with about 1.5gigs of ram. > Running scripts locally, it takes about 1.5x longer than mysql, and the > load on the server is only about 21%. What queries? What is your structure? Have you tried explain analyze? How many rows in the table? Which OS? How are you testing the speed? What type of RAID? -- Your PostgreSQL solutions company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Programming, 24x7 support Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting Co-Authors: plPHP, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/