Re: CREATE USER command slows down when user count per server reaches up to 500 000

>-----Original Message-----
>From: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org
>
>When users count in Postgres database reaches up to 500 000 - database
>command of creating users 'CREATE USER' slows down to 5-10
>seconds per user.
>
>What could be a reason of this problem and is there any solution how to
>avoid it?
>
>For each of user can be associated up to 10 roles with grants to system
>objects.

I have no idea about the performance issues, but I'm curious: how/why do
you have so many users accessing your database?  I'm drawing a blank on
coming up with a use case where that many users are needed.

eric