"Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(dot)rajesh(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Startup time of a clean shutdown database is constant. But we still
> face problem when it comes to shutting down. PostgreSQL waits
> for clients to finish gracefully. till date i have never been able to
> shutdown
> quickly (web application scenerio) and i tend to do pg_ctl -m immediate stop
> mostly.
RTFM ... you should be using -m fast not -m immediate. -m immediate
is for emergency situations not routine.
regards, tom lane