Re: Context switching and Xeon processors

On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 03:01:02PM -0600, Brandon Metcalf wrote:
> We're running a dual Xeon machine with hyperthreading enabled and
> PostgreSQL 8.0.3.

The two single most important things that will help you with high rates of
context switching:

  - Turn off hyperthreading.
  - Upgrade to 8.1.

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