Re: [PERFORM] Optimization idea

2010-04-26 Thread Cédric Villemain
2010/4/26 Vlad Arkhipov arhi...@dc.baikal.ru: On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Vlad Arkhipov arhi...@dc.baikal.ru wrote: I don't think this is just an issue with statistics, because the same problem arises when I try executing a query like this: I'm not sure how you think this proves

Re: [PERFORM] autovacuum strategy / parameters

2010-04-26 Thread Rick
On Apr 22, 2:55 pm, robertmh...@gmail.com (Robert Haas) wrote: On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Rick richard.bran...@ca.com wrote: I have a DB with small and large tables that can go up to 15G. For performance benefits, it appears that analyze has much less cost than vacuum, but the same

[PERFORM] Planner issue on sorting joining of two tables with limit

2010-04-26 Thread Коротков Александр
Hello, everybody! I'm using PostgreSQL 8.4.3, compiled by Visual C++ build 1400, 32-bit on Windows XP SP3. I use following data model for issue reproducing. CREATE TABLE test1 ( id integer NOT NULL, value double precision, CONSTRAINT test1_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id) ); CREATE INDEX

Re: [PERFORM] Planner issue on sorting joining of two tables with limit

2010-04-26 Thread Tom Lane
=?KOI8-R?B?68/Sz9TLz9cg4czFy9PBzsTS?= aekorot...@gmail.com writes: So PostgreSQL planner can produce the plan I need but it doesn't produce this plan when I specify particular second ordering column. Well, no, because that plan wouldn't produce the specified ordering; or at least it would be a

Re: [PERFORM] autovacuum strategy / parameters

2010-04-26 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Rick wrote: So, in a large table, the scale_factor is the dominant term. In a small table, the threshold is the dominant term. But both are taken into account. Correct. The default values are set for small tables; it is not being run for large tables. So decrease the scale factor and

[PERFORM] tmpfs and postgres memory

2010-04-26 Thread Anj Adu
I have a 16G box and tmpfs is configured to use 8G for tmpfs . Is a lot of memory being wasted that can be used for Postgres ? (I am not seeing any performance issues, but I am not clear how Linux uses the tmpfs and how Postgres would be affected by the reduction in memory) Sriram -- Sent via

Re: [PERFORM] tmpfs and postgres memory

2010-04-26 Thread Greg Spiegelberg
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Anj Adu fotogra...@gmail.com wrote: I have a 16G box and tmpfs is configured to use 8G for tmpfs . Is a lot of memory being wasted that can be used for Postgres ? (I am not seeing any performance issues, but I am not clear how Linux uses the tmpfs and how