Re: problems with slow insert/delete queries/lot of disk write i/o in postgresql 7.2.4

Alexander Korobov <akorobov@gmail.com> writes:
> We are having strange problem on production system with very slow
> insert/delete commands and huge cpu and disk write activity spikes  in
> postgresql 7.2.4.

The first thing you should consider, if you are concerned about
performance, is adopting a less obsolete version of Postgres.

As a stopgap, increasing the checkpoint interval parameters might
help some.

            regards, tom lane