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Re: Toooo many context switches (maybe SLES8?)

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
Cc: Dirk Lutzebäck <lutzeb@aeccom.com>, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-04-15T20:37:00Z
Lists: pgsql-performance 
Folks,

> I am currently chasing what seems to be the same issue: massive context
> swapping on a dual Xeon system.  I tried back-patching the above-mentioned
> patch ... it helps a little but by no means solves the problem ...

BTW, I'm currently pursuing the possibility that this has something to do with 
the ServerWorks chipset on those motherboards.   If anyone knows a high-end 
hardware+linux kernel geek I can corner, I'd appreciate it.

Maybe I should contact OSDL ...

-- 
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco