Re: Disk I/O Question

On 11/10/2015 06:34 AM, teeeebro wrote:
> Hello - I am new to this forum and know nothing about PostgreSQL. I have
> managed Microsoft SQL for 15 years (I know ....)
>
> We have a third party application that uses PostgreSQL for the database
> engine. Performance writing to our Dell Compellent SAN is lacking.

What version of Postgres?

What is the writing doing?

What are the performance numbers?

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> What I've read about PostgreSQL is that it's a single-thread disk I/O system
> where only one read/write operation executes at a time.
>
> Can you tell me if this is correct?
>
> Thanks!!
> Terry
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