Josh Berkus wrote:
> Shane Ambler wrote:
>> Mark Mielke wrote:
>>
>>> Not that I disagree with your change, but < 5 Mbytes in 4 Gbytes of
>>> RAM for my main PostgreSQL system that I manage seems like a drop in
>>> the bucket. Even if 40% of pg_class_relname and pg_proc_proname
>>> indices was saved - we're talking about 154 Kbytes saved on both
>>> those indices combined. Minor? Major? I bet I wouldn't notice unless
>>> my database requirements used up all RAM, and even then I'm
>>> suspecting it wouldn't matter except for border line cases (like all
>>> pages required for everything else happened to equal 4 Gbytes near
>>> exactly).
>>
>> Guess the mileage will vary depending on the complexity of the db
>> structure. Shorter names will also benefit more than longer ones.
>
> There are PostgreSQL users out there with more than 100,000 tables per
> server instance. This will make more of a difference to them.
More than I think people realize.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> --Josh
>
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