Great response, Thanks.
Regarding 12GB memory and 13G db, and almost no I/O, one thing I don't
understand is that even though the OS caches most of the memory and PG
can use it if it needs it, why would the system swap (not much, only
during peak times)? The SHMMAX is set to 512MB, shared_buffers
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Paul Thomas wrote:
> On 03/03/2004 18:23 scott.marlowe wrote:
> > [snip]
> > There are three factors that affect how fast you can get to the next
> > sector:
> >
> > seek time
> > settle time
> > rotational latency
> >
> > Most drives only list the first, and don't bother to
