Re: Loading 500m json files to database

On 3/23/20 3:24 AM, pinker wrote:
> Hi, do you have maybe idea how to make loading process faster?
>
> I have 500 millions of json files (1 json per file) that I need to load to
> db.
> My test set is "only" 1 million files.
>
> What I came up with now is:
>
> time for i in datafiles/*; do
> psql -c "\copy json_parts(json_data) FROM $i"&
> done
>
> which is the fastest so far. But it's not what i expect. Loading 1m of data
> takes me ~3h so loading 500 times more is just unacceptable.

Aggregating the JSON files as others have suggested would help greatly.

Knowing what is happening in json_parts() might help folks provide
further tips.

>
> some facts:
> * the target db is on cloud so there is no option to do tricks like turning
> fsync off
> * version postgres 11
> * i can spin up huge postgres instance if necessary in terms of cpu/ram
> * i tried already hash partitioning (to write to 10 different tables instead
> of 1)
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
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>

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