Hello, Is context switching problem resolved in 8.0?
Can I drop in another Xeon? Thanks, Jelle On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Josh Berkus wrote: > Folks, > > I've been testing varying SPINS_PER_DELAY in a client's installation of > PostgreSQL against a copy of a production database, to test varying this > statistic as a way of fixing the issue. > > It does not seem to work. > > I've tested all of the following graduated levels: > > 100 (the original) > 250 > 500 > 1000 > 2000 > 5000 > 10000 > 20000 > 30000 > 50000 > > None of these quantities seem to make any difference at all in the number of > context switches -- neither down nor up. Seems to me like this is a dead > end. Does anyone have test results that show otherwise? > > -- http://www.jibjab.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
