X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 032069DCCAA for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 05:20:26 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 47590-04 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 05:20:27 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from mail.metronet.co.uk (mail.metronet.co.uk [213.162.97.75]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 201ED9DCCB7 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 05:20:23 -0400 (AST) Received: from mainbox.archonet.com (84-51-143-99.archon037.adsl.metronet.co.uk [84.51.143.99]) by smtp.metronet.co.uk (MetroNet Mail) with ESMTP id 951D240BEEC; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:19:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.1.17] (client17.office.archonet.com [192.168.1.17]) by mainbox.archonet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45C5E15EA4; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:19:52 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <43AA6FB7.7070905@archonet.com> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:19:51 +0000 From: Richard Huxton User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20051025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Harry Jackson Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: CPU and RAM References: <45b42ce40512211720t164ea389wa5bfd0cbae6c80e2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45b42ce40512211720t164ea389wa5bfd0cbae6c80e2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.033 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.033] X-Spam-Score: 0.033 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200512/565 X-Sequence-Number: 16386 Harry Jackson wrote: > I am currently using a dual Opteron (248) single core system (RAM > PC3200) and for a change I am finding that the bottleneck is not disk > I/O but CPU/RAM (not sure which). Well that's the first thing to find out. What is "top" showing for CPU usage and which processes? -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd