Fwd: performance tips please

> I assume the the task takes longer than 5 seconds to complete?
> Are you running the same OS? Can pgsql distribute the load on both
> Xeon processors? Is pgsql custom compiled for a specific architecture
> (Pentium III, for example)? How do you measure the response time? Are
> there other apps involved?
>
> t.n.a.

The DELL PIII box runs FC4 , the config is the default one.
The DELL Xeon runs SUSE 10.0, the config has some changes to improve
autovacuum, thats all.
I just downloaded the source and follow the tipical install instructions on
both machines.
The application takes the start and end time of the query, mainly it is a
reporting application running on a WinXP client.

thanks

Hugo