> That's only going to be true for very high end systems with multiple raid > controllers and dozens of spindles.
Not true. I have a system right now that would benifit. My database is only 500 megs and I have 2 gig of ram and two processors... I only have a raid 1, but that is o.k. because most things are cached in memory anyway. > > On the other hand even moderately sized dual-core systems could probably > benefit from being able to perform multiple cpu-intensive operations > simultaneously. See above :) Joshua D. Drake > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings