Stefan Kaltenbrunner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> The vmstat output you showed before said user CPU time was only around >> 12%, which seems to destroy Luke's thesis that data conversion time >> is the problem.
> Joshua said this is an 8 core box - so 12% would about equal to one core > being maxed out completely CPU wise Oh, good point. That should be fairly easy to confirm with "top" I would think. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate