Re: Slow count(*) again...

From: Dan Harris <fbsd(at)drivefaster(dot)net>
To: pgsql-performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Slow count(*) again...
Date: 2010-10-12 15:39:19
Message-ID: 4CB48127.6090200@drivefaster.net
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On 10/11/10 8:02 PM, Scott Carey wrote:
> would give you a 1MB read-ahead. Also, consider XFS and its built-in defragmentation. I have found that a longer lived postgres DB will get extreme
> file fragmentation over time and sequential scans end up mostly random. On-line file defrag helps tremendously.
>
We just had a corrupt table caused by an XFS online defrag. I'm scared
to use this again while the db is live. Has anyone else found this to
be safe? But, I can vouch for the fragmentation issue, it happens very
quickly in our system.

-Dan

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