> You can use TRUNCATE instead DELETE. TRUNCATE is more efficient and
> faster that DELETE.
Thanks for the suggestion. However, TRUNCATE is not compatible with
Slony, and we also have some rows which remain in table.
> Now, we need more information about your system to give you a certain
> solution:
> Are you using a RAID controller for you data?
Yes.
> Do you have separated the xlog directory from the data directory?
No.
> Which is your Operating System?
FreeBSD.
> Which is you architecture?
i386.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to try batching the deletes for now,
which is approach was worked well for some of our other long-running
deletes.
Mark