Marc, > Server Specifications: > ---------------------- > > Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Server: > > http://www.sun.com/servers/highend/m8000/specs.xml > > File system: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS
There are some specific tuning parameters you need for ZFS or performance is going to suck. http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Guide (scroll down to "PostgreSQL") http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/tnb/applications_postgresql.jsp http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6437054 You also don't say anything about what kind of workload you're running. -- --Josh Josh Berkus PostgreSQL @ Sun San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
