Re: [PERFORM] inserting into brand new database faster than old database

2004-07-09 Thread Tom Lane
"Missner, T. R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... Each day a brand new set of tables is > created and eventually the old tables are dropped. You did not say which PG version you are using (tut tut) but my first thought is that it's a pre-7.4 release and your problems trace to bloat in the system-

Re: [PERFORM] inserting into brand new database faster than old database

2004-07-08 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
Missner, T. R. wrote: Hello, I have been a happy postgresql developer for a few years now. Recently I have discovered a very strange phenomenon in regards to inserting rows. My app inserts millions of records a day, averaging about 30 rows a second. I use autovac to make sure my stats and indexes

Re: [PERFORM] inserting into brand new database faster than old database

2004-07-07 Thread Missner, T. R.
RFORM] inserting into brand new database faster than old database I don't think I have enough detail about your app. Couple of questions, are there any tables that recieve a lot of inserts / updates / deletes that are not deleted and recreated often? If so, one possibility is that you don'

Re: [PERFORM] inserting into brand new database faster than old database

2004-07-07 Thread Matthew T. O'Connor
I don't think I have enough detail about your app. Couple of questions, are there any tables that recieve a lot of inserts / updates / deletes that are not deleted and recreated often? If so, one possibility is that you don't have a large enough FSM settings and your table is actually growing