Re: large database on postgres - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bill Moran
Subject Re: large database on postgres
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Msg-id 3D0A61B0.50609@potentialtech.com
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In response to large database on postgres  ("Tony Carter" <tony@iat.net>)
Responses Re: large database on postgres  ("Tony Carter" <tony@iat.net>)
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Tony Carter wrote:
> Hello,
> I have one application that I'm trying to move the db to pgsql. The db
> contains around 15 million rows of data. I'm running into 10 second delays
> when doing a simple select on an index column.
>
> My test box is Linux 1ghz Celeron  25MB Ram, 7200rpm IDE drive. I know I
                                      ^^
Is this a typo?  If not, I would suggest that you're going to need more than
25M for a db server with 15mil rows if you want hot performance!

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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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