How can I get the original server to perform as well as the new one?
Well, you have the answer. Dump the database, stop postmaster and restore it. That should be faster than original one.
(BTW, "SELECT count(*) FROM table" isn't a particularly good DBMS performance indication...)
Particularly in case of postgresql..:-)
Shridhar
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