Vacumm full done after each run. pg_resetlog run between each server start Scaling factor: 10 Initialization time: real 1m32.551s user 0m1.710s sys 0m0.130s Kernel 2.4.20 Effective cache size 38400 (300MB) checkpoint segments=6 1)Shared buffers 1000 pgbench -c5 -t100 test1 tps = 145.504917 (including connections establishing) tps = 147.991299 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c5 -t1000 test1 tps = 70.785341 (including connections establishing) tps = 70.849065 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c10 -t100 test1 tps = 147.605267 (including connections establishing) tps = 149.944123 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c10 -t1000 test1 tps = 55.646866 (including connections establishing) tps = 55.678399 (excluding connections establishing) 2) Shared buffers 2000 pgbench -c5 -t100 test1 tps = 140.115444 (including connections establishing) tps = 142.441377 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c5 -t1000 test1 tps = 77.015876 (including connections establishing) tps = 77.084474 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c10 -t100 test1 tps = 128.512768 (including connections establishing) tps = 130.314689 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c10 -t1000 test1 tps = 55.003077 (including connections establishing) tps = 55.035001 (excluding connections establishing) 3) Shared buffers 3000 pgbench -c5 -t100 test1 tps = 153.142499 (including connections establishing) tps = 156.094637 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c5 -t1000 test1 tps = 81.391878 (including connections establishing) tps = 81.472845 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c10 -t100 test1 tps = 120.420876 (including connections establishing) tps = 122.066975 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c10 -t1000 test1 tps = 56.766460 (including connections establishing) tps = 56.801117 (excluding connections establishing) 4) Shared buffers 3000, noatime pgbench -c5 -t100 test1 tps = 140.464589 (including connections establishing) tps = 143.152323 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c5 -t1000 test1 tps = 94.718161 (including connections establishing) tps = 94.826618 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c10 -t100 test1 tps = 131.925129 (including connections establishing) tps = 133.826403 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench -c10 -t1000 test1 tps = 65.374006 (including connections establishing) tps = 65.458626 (excluding connections establishing)