Paul Reeves wrote:

> Nico Callewaert wrote:
> > And a page size of 4096, is that ok ?
>
> Not on the tests I did (very limited - networked client against an NT box w/
> 64MB ram.) 4096 consistently came out worse than both lesser and greater values.
> I do not understand why, but there is definitely a black hole there.

64MB isn't much for an NT box (if this is "TOTAL RAM" for the system).
Do you have any measurements where the server had 128MB or more. What
was the size of the cache (how many pages)? What was the amount of free
RAM on the system before you connected to the database (and afterwards)?

Regards,
Aage J.