Re: [PERFORM] What kind of performace can I expect and how to measure?

2004-08-02 Thread Merlin Moncure
> Hi Merlin, > > > The 9206 ms time is what the database actually spent > > gathering the data and sending it to you. This is non-negotiable unless > you bump up > > hardware, etc, or fetch less data. This time usually scales linearly > > (or close to it) with the size of the dataset you fetch.

Re: [PERFORM] What kind of performace can I expect and how to measure?

2004-08-02 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
Hi Merlin, > The 9206 ms time is what the database actually spent > gathering the data and sending it to you. This is non-negotiable unless you bump up > hardware, etc, or fetch less data. This time usually scales linearly > (or close to it) with the size of the dataset you fetch. > > The 40638

Re: [PERFORM] What kind of performace can I expect and how to measure?

2004-08-02 Thread Merlin Moncure
Joost wrote: > My system is a PostgreSQL 7.4.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc > (GCC) 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7). It has a Pentium III-733 Mhz > with 512 MB ram. It is connected to my workststation (dual XEON 1700 with > 1 Gb RAM) with a 100 Mb switched network. > > I have a tab

[PERFORM] What kind of performace can I expect and how to measure?

2004-08-02 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
Hi all, My system is a PostgreSQL 7.4.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7). It has a Pentium III-733 Mhz with 512 MB ram. It is connected to my workststation (dual XEON 1700 with 1 Gb RAM) with a 100 Mb switched network. I have a table with 31 co