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From: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Dan Harris <fbsd@drivefaster.net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Performance <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re:
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 17:05:15 -0700
Message-ID: <4641103B.7000802@commandprompt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46410C6B.8030901@drivefaster.net>
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Dan Harris wrote:
> Orhan Aglagul wrote:
>> Hi Everybody,
>>
>> I was trying to see how many inserts per seconds my application could 
>> handle on various machines.
>>
>>
>> I read that postgres does have issues with MP Xeon (costly context 
>> switching). But I still think that with fsync=on 65 seconds is 
>> ridiculous.
> 
> CPU is unlikely your bottleneck..  You failed to mention anything about 
> your I/O setup.  More details in this regard will net you better 
> responses.  However, an archive search for insert performance will 
> probably be worthwhile, since this type of question is repeated about 
> once a month.

He also fails to mention if he is doing the inserts one at a time or as 
batch.


Joshua D. Drake

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