matt wrote: > > Are you *sure* about that???? 3K updates/inserts per second xlates > > to 10,800,000 per hour. That, my friend, is a WHOLE HECK OF A LOT! > > Yup, I know!
Just a data point, but on my Dual Xeon 2.4Gig machine with a 10k SCSI drive I can do 4k inserts/second if I turn fsync off. If you have a battery-backed controller, you should be able to do the same. (You will not need to turn fsync off --- fsync will just be fast because of the disk drive RAM). Am I missing something? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster