Re: [PERFORM] benchmark woes and XFS options

2011-08-08 Thread mark
> -Original Message- > From: Greg Smith [mailto:g...@2ndquadrant.com] > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 9:42 PM > To: mark > Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [PERFORM] benchmark woes and XFS options > > I think your notion that you have an HP CC

Re: [PERFORM] benchmark woes and XFS options

2011-08-08 Thread Greg Smith
I think your notion that you have an HP CCISS driver in this older kernel that just doesn't drive your card very fast is worth exploring. What I sometimes do in the situation you're in is boot a Linux distribution that comes with a decent live CD, such as Debian or Ubuntu. Just mount the susp

[PERFORM] benchmark woes and XFS options

2011-08-08 Thread mark
Hello PG perf junkies, Sorry this may get a little long winded. Apologies if the formatting gets trashed. Also apologies if this double posts. (I originally set it yesterday with the wrong account and the message is stalled - so my bad there) if someone is a mod and it's still in the wait queue