Re: Compression In Postgresql 9.6 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ron
Subject Re: Compression In Postgresql 9.6
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Msg-id 82708249-ab53-cca8-1d1d-3ca45fa6dde5@gmail.com
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In response to Compression In Postgresql 9.6  (Shital A <brightuser2019@gmail.com>)
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On 8/5/19 1:30 AM, Shital A wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Need inputs on below:
>
> We are working on a setting up a new highly transactional (tps 100k) OLTP 
> system for payments using blockchain and postgresql 9.6 as DB on Rhel 7.6. 
> Postgres version is 9.6 and not latest because of specs of blockchain 
> component.
>
> There is a requirement for data compression on DB level. Please provide 
> your inputs on how this can be best achieved.

Column-level compression?  Because some data just doesn't compress well.

>
> Checked in-build Toast, it compressed the data provided exceed the 2kb 
> pagesize? If the data values are small and even if there are billion 
> records they wont be compressed, this is what I understood.
>
> Are there any suggestions of compressing older data irrespective of row 
> size transparently?

Are your tables partitioned?

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