Re: Bulk INSERT performance in 7.4.1

From: Florian Weimer <fw(at)deneb(dot)enyo(dot)de>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bulk INSERT performance in 7.4.1
Date: 2004-03-03 14:10:32
Message-ID: 20040303141032.GA12276@deneb.enyo.de
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Florian Weimer wrote:

> After an upgrade to 7.4.1 (from 7.3) we see a severe performance
> regression in bulk INSERTs.

In turns out that we were running the default configuration, and not the
tuned one in /etc/postgresql. *blush*

After increasing the number of checkpoint segments and the shared-memory
buffers, performance is back to the expected levels. It might even be a
bit faster.

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