Re: JBoss CMP Performance Problems with PostgreSQL 7.2.3

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On Thursday 13 February 2003 3:01 am, pginfo wrote:
> Rafal Kedziorski wrote:
> > Darryl A. J. Staflund wrote:
> > >Hi Everyone,
> > >
> > >I am developing a JBoss 3.0.x application using PostgreSQL 7.2.3 as a
> > >back-end database and Solaris 2.8 (SPARC) as my deployment OS. In this
> > >application, I am using an EJB technology called Container Managed
> > >Persistence (CMP 2.0) to manage data persistence for me. Instead of
> > >writing and submitting my own queries to the PostgreSQL database, JBoss
> > > is doing this for me.
> > >
> > >Although this works well for the most part, the insertion of many
> > > records within the context of a single transaction can take a very long
> > > time to complete. Inserting 800 records, for instance, can take upward
> > > of a minute to finish - even though the database is fully indexed and
> > > records consist of no more than a string field and several foreign key
> > > integer values.
> > >
> > >I think I've tracked the problem down to the way in which PostgreSQL
> > >manages transactions. Although on the Java side of things I perform all
> > >my insertions and updates within the context of a single transaction,
> > >PostgreSQL seems to treat each individual query as a separate
> > > transaction and this is slowing down performance immensely. Here is a
> > > sample of my PostgreSQL logging output:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > I think the problem isn't PostgreSQL. This is the JBoss-CMP. Take a look
> > on EJB Benchmark from urbancode
> > (http://www.urbancode.com/projects/ejbbenchmark/default.jsp)
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Rafal
> >
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> I think the problem is not in the jboss.
> I am using pg + jboss from a long time and if you know how to wirk with it
> the combination is excelent.
> The main problem in this case is CMP and also EntityBeans.
> By CMP jboss will try to insert this 800 records separate.
> In this case pg will be slow.
>
> I never got good results by using EB and CMP.
> If you will to have working produkt use BMP.
> regards,
> ivan.
>
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