> All I can say is make sure you are using 7.2 and not an earlier release,
> especially for SMP machines, and also look at checkpoint_segments to
> prevent checkpointing too often under heavy load.
Upgrading our production server to a brand-new release, in the middle of
the upswing of our season, might not be the smartest thing for me to do,
but I'll see if I can. I'm not sure what you mean about
checkpoint_segments, can you point me to more information?
steve