> On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 07:07:55PM -0400, Mark Woodward wrote: >> I guess what I am saying is that PostgreSQL isn't "smooth," between >> checkpoints and vacuum, it is near impossible to make a product that >> performs consistently under high load. > > Have you tuned the bgwriter and all the vacuum_cost stuff? I've get to > find a case where I couldn't smooth out the IO load so that it wasn't an > issue.
In several project that I have been involved with, PostgreSQL had most of the important features to be used, but in one project, checkpoints caused us to time out under load. In this current project I am researching, I know that vacuum may be an issue. The load is brutally constant. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
