On Friday, December 06, 2013 11:06:58 PM chidamparam muthusamy wrote:
> hi,
> Registered with PostgreSQL Help Forum to identify and resolve the Postgres
> DB performance issue, received suggestions but could not improve the
> speed/response time. Please help.
>
> Details:
> Postgres Version 9.3.1
> Server configuration:
> Processor: 2 x Intel Quad core E5620 @ 2.40GHz
> RAM: 16 GB
>
> Postgres configuration:
> Effective cache size = 10 GB
> shared Buffer = 1250 MB
> random page cost = 4
>
> Table size = 60 GB
> Number of records = 44 million
> Carried out Vacuum Analyze after inserting new records and also after
> creating Index,
> 6 months data, every month around 10 GB will get added. Expecting good
> performance with 3 years data.
> DB Will be used for Reporting/Read, will not be used for transaction. Daily
> records will be inserted through bulk insertion every day.
Suggestions:
Partition by month.
Add many more disks, in RAID-10.
or move to SSD.
Add a lot more RAM.
