Re: [PERFORM] Different execution plan

2008-09-24 Thread Sabin Coanda
Hi Scott, I think it would be nice to log the reasons why an explain analyze chooses a specific way or another for an execution plan. This would avoid wasting time to find the source of these decisions from the existing logs. Is it possible ? TIA, Sabin -- Sent via pgsql-performance

Re: [PERFORM] Different execution plan

2008-09-24 Thread Sabin Coanda
I use postgresql-8.2-506.jdbc3.jar, maybe helps Sabin -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance

[PERFORM] UFS 2: soft updates vs. gjournal (AKA: Choosing a filesystem 2.)

2008-09-24 Thread Laszlo Nagy
Hi again, Should I use gjournal on FreeBSD 7? Or just soft updates? Here is my opinion: I suspect that gjournal would be much slower than soft updates. Also gjournal is relatively new code, not very well tested. But gjournal is better when the system crashes. Although I have heard that

Re: [PERFORM] UFS 2: soft updates vs. gjournal (AKA: Choosing a filesystem 2.)

2008-09-24 Thread Claus Guttesen
Should I use gjournal on FreeBSD 7? Or just soft updates? Here is my opinion: I suspect that gjournal would be much slower than soft updates. Also gjournal is relatively new code, not very well tested. But gjournal is better when the system crashes. Although I have heard that sometimes

Re: [PERFORM] UFS 2: soft updates vs. gjournal (AKA: Choosing a filesystem 2.)

2008-09-24 Thread Artis Caune
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Laszlo Nagy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is my opinion: I suspect that gjournal would be much slower than soft updates. Also gjournal is relatively new code, not very well tested. In some cases it's much faster than SU, in other a bit slower. :) gjournal is

Re: [PERFORM] Different execution plan

2008-09-24 Thread Matthew Wakeling
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Sabin Coanda wrote: I think it would be nice to log the reasons why an explain analyze chooses a specific way or another for an execution plan. This would avoid wasting time to find the source of these decisions from the existing logs. That would probably fill up the logs

Re: [PERFORM] Intel's X25-M SSD

2008-09-24 Thread Steve Clark
Scott Carey wrote: A fantastic review on this issue appeared in July: http://www.alternativerecursion.info/?p=106 And then the same tests on a RiData SSD show that they are the same drive with the same characteristics: http://www.alternativerecursion.info/?p=276 Most blamed it on MLC being

Re: [PERFORM] UFS 2: soft updates vs. gjournal (AKA: Choosing a filesystem 2.)

2008-09-24 Thread Axel Rau
Am 24.09.2008 um 12:18 schrieb Laszlo Nagy: Should I use gjournal on FreeBSD 7? Or just soft updates? I'm using gjournal for 5 weeks now on my production server. There are 4 journaled filesystems on a raid controller with BBU. pg uses 23GB out of 1.6TB. I can't see any performance impact or

Re: [PERFORM] query planner and scanning methods

2008-09-24 Thread Richard Broersma
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Richard Broersma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SELECT A.dimension_book.call, SUM( B.dimension_book.call ) AS OrderedRowNbr FROM ( your_above_query_without_the_limits ) AS A INNER JOIN ( your_above_query_without_the_limits ) AS B ON A.dimension_book.call =