Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL NetApp and NFS

2008-03-20 Thread Woody Woodring
I need to know if anyone out there is/has run their PostgreSQL on NetApp arrays via NFS. My particular situation is RH Linux 4 servers running Postgresql 8.1. I need to provide our Operations manager with specific reasons why we should not run PostgreSQL over NetApp NFS. Otherwise, they

Re: [PERFORM] High load and iowait but no disk access

2005-08-30 Thread Woody Woodring
Have you tried a different kernel? We run with a netapp over NFS without any issues, but we have seen high IO-wait on other Dell boxes (running and not running postgres) and RHES 3. We have replaced a Dell PowerEdge 350 running RH 7.3 with a PE750 with more memory running RHES3 and it be

Re: [PERFORM] Query Performance and IOWait

2004-11-18 Thread Woody Woodring
Andrew, What version of Redhat are you running? We have found running Enterprise Update 3 kernel kills our Dell boxes with IOWait, both NFS and local disk traffic. Update 2 kernel does not seem to have the issue, and we are in the process of trying Update 4 beta to see if it is better.

Re: [PERFORM] Query Performance and IOWait

2004-11-18 Thread Woody Woodring
PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Woody Woodring; 'Andrew Janian' Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Query Performance and IOWait Woody, What version of Redhat are you running?   We have found running Enterprise Update 3 kernel kills our Dell boxes with IOWait, both NFS and local disk traffic.  Update 2 kernel

[PERFORM] Help with query plan inconsistencies

2004-03-23 Thread Woody Woodring
Hello, I am using postgres 7.4.2 as a backend for geocode data for a mapping application. My question is why can't I get a consistent use of my indexes during a query, I tend to get a lot of seq scan results. I use a standard query: SELECT lat, long, mac, status FROM ( SELECT text(mac) as