JJosh,
> I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to get my postgres server
> moving faster. It's just crawling right now. It's on a p4 HT with 2
> gigs of mem.
There have been issues with Postgres+HT, especially on Linux 2.4. Try
turning HT off if other tuning doesn't solve things.
Otherwise, see:
http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/perf.html
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco