Re: indexes make other queries slow!

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Qing Zhao <qzhao(at)supplyfx(dot)com>
Cc: 'Postgresql Performance' <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: indexes make other queries slow!
Date: 2004-09-16 21:24:28
Message-ID: 200409161424.28644.josh@agliodbs.com
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Qing,

> My guess is that all the queries that involves the columns that are
> being indexed need to
> be rewritten to use the newly created indexes to avoid the performance
> issues. The reason
> is that REINDEX does not help either. Does it make sense?

What's the rate of updates on the newly indexed tables? If you have a lot
of updates, the work that the database does to keep the indexes current would
put a big load on your server. This is far more likely to be the cause of
your issues.

--
--Josh

Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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