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From: Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
To: Phoenix Kiula <phoenix.kiula@gmail.com>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: REINDEX takes half a day (and still not complete!)
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:38:10 -0600
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On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Phoenix Kiula <phoenix.kiula@gmail.com> wrote:
> Btw, hardware is not an issue. My db has been working fine for a
> while. Smaller poorer systems around the web run InnoDB databases. I
> wouldn't touch that with a barge pole.
>
> I have a hardware RAID controller, not "fake". It's a good quality
> battery-backed 3Ware:
> http://192.19.193.26/products/serial_ata2-9000.asp

(please stop top posting)

Also, when you run top and hit c what do those various postgres
processes say they're doing?  bgwriter, SELECT, VACUMM etc?



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