Re: Seeking performance advice and explanation for high I/O on 8.3

"Scott Otis"  wrote:
 
> So is there anything I can do in 8.3 to help this?  I have tried
> setting 'track_activities', 'track_counts' and 'autovacuum' to 'off'
> (which has reduced CPU and I/O a bit)
 
You're going to regret that very soon, unless you are *very* sure you
have adequate manual vacuums scheduled.
 
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/routine-vacuuming.html
 
-Kevin