Re: postgresql meltdown on PlanetMath.org

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Kendrick C(dot) Wilson" <kendrick_wilson(at)hotmail(dot)com>, <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: postgresql meltdown on PlanetMath.org
Date: 2003-03-18 01:34:36
Message-ID: 07b501c2ecee$8917b8c0$6500a8c0@fhp.internal
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-performance

> What is the structure of you table?
> Is the data types in the table the same as in the SQL....
>
> Did you create the index after the loading the table?
> cluster the table around the most used index....

There is no point clustering a table around the most used index, unless
access to the index is non-random. eg. you are picking up more than one
consecutive entry from the index at a time. eg. Indexes on foreign keys are
excellent for clustering.

Chris

In response to

Browse pgsql-performance by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Aaron Krowne 2003-03-18 02:31:22 Re: postgresql meltdown on PlanetMath.org
Previous Message Lucas Adamski 2003-03-17 23:15:04 Re: postgresql meltdown on PlanetMath.org