Re: Would SSD improve Index Only Scan performance by a lot?

2019-10-09 Thread Jeff Janes
On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 7:37 PM Arya F wrote: > As my table has gotten bigger, it takes longer to get a single row back > when querying a row by its btree index. > > Is this in a probabilistic sense, they take longer on average, or has every single access gotten slower? If the increase in size

Re: Would SSD improve Index Only Scan performance by a lot?

2019-10-08 Thread Matthew Hall
For indexes the SSDs are at least 4X faster but you won't get that to happen unless you fix the planner tunable for the random page fetch cost first. Super important change for SSDs. Matthew Hall > On Oct 8, 2019, at 5:12 PM, Rick Otten wrote: > > >> On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 7:37 PM Arya F

Re: Would SSD improve Index Only Scan performance by a lot?

2019-10-08 Thread Rick Otten
On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 7:37 PM Arya F wrote: > As my table has gotten bigger, it takes longer to get a single row back > when querying a row by its btree index. > > Right now the database is running on a traditional HDD. SSDs have a much > faster seek time than traditional HDDs. > > Would

Sv: Would SSD improve Index Only Scan performance by a lot?

2019-10-08 Thread Andreas Joseph Krogh
På onsdag 09. oktober 2019 kl. 01:37:06, skrev Arya F mailto:arya6...@gmail.com>>: As my table has gotten bigger, it takes longer to get a single row back when querying a row by its btree index. Right now the database is running on a traditional HDD. SSDs have a much faster seek time than

Would SSD improve Index Only Scan performance by a lot?

2019-10-08 Thread Arya F
As my table has gotten bigger, it takes longer to get a single row back when querying a row by its btree index. Right now the database is running on a traditional HDD. SSDs have a much faster seek time than traditional HDDs. Would switching to an SSD improve "Index Only Scan" time greatly? by at