After an upgrade to 7.4.1 (from 7.3) we see a severe performance regression in bulk INSERTs.
This is apparently caused by constant checkpointing (every 10 to 20 seconds). I've already increased the number of checkpoint segments to 32, but currently, there are just 10 or 11 files in the pg_xlog directory. With 7.3, we had configured checkpoint_segements at 16, and there were 33 pg_xlog files. Checkpoints happened every couple of minutes. How can I reduce the checkpoint frequency? (I'd like to try that first because it's the most obvious anomaly. Maybe we can look at the involved table later.) -- Current mail filters: many dial-up/DSL/cable modem hosts, and the following domains: atlas.cz, bigpond.com, freenet.de, hotmail.com, libero.it, netscape.net, postino.it, tiscali.co.uk, tiscali.cz, tiscali.it, voila.fr, wanadoo.fr, yahoo.com. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
