On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> A J <s5aly@yahoo.com> writes:
>> Do you think changing log_destination to syslog may make a difference
>
> It's worth trying alternatives anyway. It is odd that you are seeing
> such a slowdown when using the collector --- many people push very high
> log volumes through the collector without problems. What PG version is
> this exactly, and on what platform?
We push a ton through the collector (up to 10 Megs a second at peak)
with no problems. but it doesn't share a drive with the main store or
pg_xlog.