"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Postgres backsup the data and 95% of the time sticks at this table and cpu 
> activity drops from 40-60% to about zero.  I can stay there for hours before 
> I just have to stop the attempt.  

Have you looked into pg_locks to see if something is holding an
exclusive lock on that table?  Have you checked to see if there's
still disk activity?

                        regards, tom lane

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