Re: PostgreSQL for Data Warehouse - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Sean Davis
Subject Re: PostgreSQL for Data Warehouse
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Msg-id 264855a00810021652p4b441336l44c3dc4ec7576ec2@mail.gmail.com
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In response to PostgreSQL for Data Warehouse  ("Jasmin Dizdarevic" <jasmin.dizdarevic@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Jasmin Dizdarevic
<jasmin.dizdarevic@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i'm actually evaluating different dbms for data warehouse tasks.
> has anybody expirience with it?
>
> i have to store 50 mio. records p.m. in a fact table.
> something like this:
>
> date; cust; group; product; value
>
> ...with unique index on date,cust,group,product.
>
> will there be any problem's in response time in let's say 12 months?

It totally depends on hardware, the queries you will be running, under
what load, and what you mean by "response time".  If I were you, I
would simply simulate your 600 m rows and then run the queries that
you want to see how the system performs.

Sean

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