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On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 13:21, Peter Dimov wrote:
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> Hi ,
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> I need info about how to fine tune my postgresql.
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> I make a little test and the results was not good for posgresql.
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> I will to use the server in production and need this info.
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> So, the test:
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> first machine:
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> Linux Mandrake 8.2 and posgresql on it.
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> Dual Athlon MP 1,6 GHz , 1 GB RAM , IDE 7200 40 GB HDD.
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> I create a litle table (field1 varchar(100),field2 varchar(100), field3 int) and fill
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> 200 000 x ('aaaaaaaaaaaaa1','bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1',10);
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> 200 000 x ('aaaaaaaaaaaaa2','bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb2',20);
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> 200 000 x ('aaaaaaaaaaaaa3','bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb3',30);
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> 200 000 x ('aaaaaaaaaaaaa4','bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb4',40);
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> 200 000 x ('aaaaaaaaaaaaa5','bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb5',50);
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> After that i make : select distinct field1 from mytable.
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> As result I get 5 rows and it is OK, but the time is 3 min 30 sec.
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> The processor usage is 50% - it is OK , and the system use the maximum of the first processor.
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> The second machine:
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> Athlon XP 1,5 GHz , 512 MB RAM , 7200 HDD 40 GB
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> WinNT 4, Oracle 8i.
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> I make the same test.
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> The result come for 15 sec !!!!.
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> Ok, I am sure : the diferent can not be so big.
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> I do not make any special setup an postgres and on linux, anly the standart install.
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> Any info or example will be great.
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> Many thanks in advance.
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