Re: Query only slow on first run - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: Query only slow on first run
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Msg-id 20071127165543.GY11978@crankycanuck.ca
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In response to Query only slow on first run  (cluster <skrald@amossen.dk>)
Responses Re: Query only slow on first run  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 05:33:36PM +0100, cluster wrote:
> I have a query that takes about 7000 ms in average to complete the first
> time it runs. Subsequent runs complete in only 50 ms. That is more than
> a factor 100 faster! How can I make the query perform good in the first
> run too?

Probably by buying much faster disk hardware.  You'll note that the query
plans you posted are the same, except for the actual time it took to get the
results back.  That tells me you have slow storage.  On subsequent runs,
the data is cached, so it's fast.

A

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