Re: [HACKERS] SMP buffer management test question

2005-02-20 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Well I tried it out and on OS/2 using 8.0 it has the same problems as on > Linux, with two clients running on a dual PIII 750 both CPUs go to 100% > and the system is madly switching between the two processes. With a > single client, about 35% CPU is used. > Should the

Re: [HACKERS] SMP buffer management test question

2005-02-20 Thread lsunley
Thanks Well I tried it out and on OS/2 using 8.0 it has the same problems as on Linux, with two clients running on a dual PIII 750 both CPUs go to 100% and the system is madly switching between the two processes. With a single client, about 35% CPU is used. Should the new buffer manager patch el

Re: [HACKERS] SMP buffer management test question

2005-02-20 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > There was a mention of a "context-swap-storm" test in the posts on the ARC > patent. Where might I obtain a copy of this test procedure? http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2004-04/msg00280.php (The archiver seems to have lost the message's separation into