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From rafalak
Subject slow select in big table
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Msg-id 39582c42-c0ae-44ba-a34e-dc1a1d2d5bd3@g19g2000yql.googlegroups.com
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Hello i have big table
80mln records, ~6GB data, 2columns (int, int)

if query
select count(col1) from tab where col2=1234;
return low records (1-10) time is good 30-40ms
but when records is >1000 time is >12s


How to increse performace ?


my postgresql.conf
shared_buffers = 810MB
temp_buffers = 128MB
work_mem = 512MB
maintenance_work_mem = 256MB
max_stack_depth = 7MB
effective_cache_size = 800MB


db 8.3.7
server, atlon dual-core 2,0Ghz, 2GB RAM, SATA


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