PostgreSQL

You can also issue a VACUUM command on the database after each part of the database has been loaded, or even while loading the database. The latter can be done in one of two ways:

1. Either with the MQL "VACUUM DATABASE" statement, or

2. With the EMdFDB::Vacuum method if you have the EMdF library linked in.

See the PostgreSQL documentation for details on the VACUUM command. See also the vacuumdb(1) manual page.

Also, you may want to set the option "fsync = false" in the postgresql.conf file (located in /var/lib/pgsql/data on RedHat). See the PostgreSQL documentation for more information. The performance gain, however, may be minimal with PostgreSQL version 7.1 and higher.