Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E39F9FA491 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:45:47 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 89684-06 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:45:44 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from floppy.pyrenet.fr (floppy.pyrenet.fr [194.116.145.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1240C9FA3AD for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:45:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: by floppy.pyrenet.fr (Postfix, from userid 106) id 5391F308E6; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:45:43 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Carlo Stonebanks" X-Newsgroups: pgsql.performance Subject: Re: commit so slow program looks frozen Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:45:37 -0400 Organization: Hub.Org Networking Services Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <1161813892.8706.2023.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.hub.org X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.052 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200610/596 X-Sequence-Number: 21725 >Ben Trewern" wrote in message >news:ehsotr$20vp$1@news.hub.org... > It might be worth turning off hyperthreading if your Xeons are using it. > There have been reports of this causing inconsistent behaviour with > PostgreSQL. Yes, this issue comes up often - I wonder if the Woodcrest Xeons resolved this? Have these problems been experienced on both Linux and Windows (we are running Windows 2003 x64) Carlo