diff --git a/includes/dbFacile.php b/includes/dbFacile.php
index ca661def0..0d1d7150c 100644
--- a/includes/dbFacile.php
+++ b/includes/dbFacile.php
@@ -108,6 +108,61 @@ function dbInsert($data, $table) {
 }//end dbInsert()
 
 
+/*
+ * Passed an array and a table name, it attempts to insert the data into the table.
+ * $data is an array (rows) of key value pairs.  keys are fields.  Rows need to have same fields.
+ * Check for boolean false to determine whether insert failed
+ * */
+
+
+function dbBulkInsert($data, $table) {
+    global $db_stats;
+    // the following block swaps the parameters if they were given in the wrong order.
+    // it allows the method to work for those that would rather it (or expect it to)
+    // follow closer with SQL convention:
+    // insert into the TABLE this DATA
+    if (is_string($data) && is_array($table)) {
+        $tmp   = $data;
+        $data  = $table;
+        $table = $tmp;
+    }
+    if (count($data) === 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (count($data[0]) === 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    $sql = 'INSERT INTO `'.$table.'` (`'.implode('`,`', array_keys($data[0])).'`)  VALUES ';
+    $values ='';
+
+    foreach ($data as $row) {
+        if ($values != '') {
+            $values .= ',';
+        }
+        $rowvalues='';
+        foreach ($row as $key => $value) {
+            if ($rowvalues != '') {
+                $rowvalues .= ',';
+            }
+            $rowvalues .= "'".mres($value)."'";
+        }
+        $values .= "(".$rowvalues.")";
+    }
+
+    $time_start = microtime(true);
+    $result = dbQuery($sql.$values);
+
+    // logfile($fullSql);
+    $time_end                = microtime(true);
+    $db_stats['insert_sec'] += number_format(($time_end - $time_start), 8);
+    $db_stats['insert']++;
+
+    return $result;
+
+}//end dbBulkInsert()
+
+
 /*
  * Passed an array, table name, WHERE clause, and placeholder parameters, it attempts to update a record.
  * Returns the number of affected rows
diff --git a/includes/polling/unix-agent.inc.php b/includes/polling/unix-agent.inc.php
index 174973383..a759313a4 100644
--- a/includes/polling/unix-agent.inc.php
+++ b/includes/polling/unix-agent.inc.php
@@ -112,20 +112,16 @@ if ($device['os_group'] == 'unix') {
         if (!empty($agent_data['ps'])) {
             echo 'Processes: ';
             dbDelete('processes', 'device_id = ?', array($device['device_id']));
-            $query = "INSERT INTO `processes` (`device_id`,`pid`,`user`,`vsz`,`rss`,`cputime`,`command`)  VALUES ";
-            $values = "";
+            $data=array();
             foreach (explode("\n", $agent_data['ps']) as $process) {
                 $process = preg_replace('/\((.*),([0-9]*),([0-9]*),([0-9\:]*),([0-9]*)\)\ (.*)/', '\\1|\\2|\\3|\\4|\\5|\\6', $process);
                 list($user, $vsz, $rss, $cputime, $pid, $command) = explode('|', $process, 6);
                 if (!empty($command)) {
-                    if ($values != "") {
-                        $values .=  ",";
-                    }
-                    $values .= "('".mres($device['device_id'])."','".mres($pid)."','".mres($user)."','".mres($vsz)."','".mres($rss)."','".mres($cputime)."','".mres($command)."')";
+                    $data[]=array('device_id' => $device['device_id'], 'pid' => $pid, 'user' => $user, 'vsz' => $vsz, 'rss' => $rss, 'cputime' => $cputime, 'command' => $command);
                 }
             }
-            if ($values != "") {
-                dbQuery($query.$values);
+            if (count($data) > 0) {
+                dbBulkInsert('processes',$data);
             }
             echo "\n";
         }