Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24BBD2E0236 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 04:42:37 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12744-04 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 04:42:28 -0400 (AST) Received: from venus.universe.linuxdelta.de (venus.universe.linuxdelta.de [88.198.59.50]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A1802E0223 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 04:42:31 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by venus.universe.linuxdelta.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C6E81F400C; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:42:27 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at venus.local Received: from venus.universe.linuxdelta.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id hBpuNNq6meED; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:42:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.111.108] (unknown [85.183.244.114]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by venus.universe.linuxdelta.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC0631F4001; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:42:16 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <478488E2.101@lordlamer.de> Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:42:10 +0100 From: Frank Habermann User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Moisey CC: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: big database performance References: <4784835A.8070604@careerjunction.co.za> In-Reply-To: <4784835A.8070604@careerjunction.co.za> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200801/38 X-Sequence-Number: 28277 Hi, what segment size do you use for the san partition? This could also be a bottle neck for db servers. Frank