>>>>> "FW" == Florian Weimer <fw(at)deneb(dot)enyo(dot)de> writes:
FW> After increasing the number of checkpoint segments and the shared-memory
FW> buffers, performance is back to the expected levels. It might even be a
FW> bit faster.
If you've got the time, could you try also doing the full bulk insert
test with the checkpoint log files on another physical disk? See if
that's any faster.
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