pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org wrote:
> This board has Intel chipset. I cannot remember the exact type but it
> was not in the low end category.
> dmesg says:
>
> <Intel ICH7 SATA300 controller>
> kernel: ad4: 152626MB <SAMSUNG HD160JJ ZM100-33> at ata2-master SATA150
> kernel: ad4: 152627MB <SAMSUNG HD160JJ ZM100-33> at ata3-master SATA150
There have been reported problems with ICH7 on FreeBSD mailing lists,
though I can't find any that affect performance.
> Components: 2
> Balance: round-robin
> Slice: 4096
See if changing balance algorithm to "split", and slice size to 8192 or
more, while keeping vfs.read_max to 16 or more helps your performance.
(e.g. gmirror configure -b split -s 8192 gm0)
Also, how is your file system mounted? (what does output from 'mount' say?)