Hello, In addition to what has already been suggested
1. Use VACUUM FREEZE ANALYZE; Otherwise you will still have some trickle of write-activity going on, not always efficiently, despite being in read-only mode. It's because of what's referred to as Hint Bits: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Hint_Bits 2. Low value for maintenance_work_mem Ref:http://postgresql.nabble.com/How-to-configure-a-read-only-database-server-td4311924.html regards Sameer -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.nabble.com/Optimizing-a-read-only-database-tp5849746p5850109.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general