Dan Harris <fbsd(at)drivefaster(dot)net> writes:
> Since you mentioned the number of semops is distressingly high, does this
> indicate a tuning problem?
More like an old-version problem. We've done a lot of work on
concurrent performance since 8.0.x, and most likely you are hitting
one of the bottlenecks that have been solved since then.
regards, tom lane