Adam Bultman <adam.bultman@iconideas.com> writes:
> Will there be a speed increase, or decrease, with regards to selects,
> blah blah blah? Things seem to take a while longer on the new system;
I'd expect 7.3 to be quicker on average than 7.1. Perhaps you missed
some tuning steps? (VACUUM ANALYZE, getting shared_buffers and other
config parameters up to where they are for the 7.1 system, etc)
regards, tom lane