On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> wrote:
On Mon, 2012-07-02 at 23:47 -0700, Jeff Davis wrote: > On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 02:56 +0400, Alexander Korotkov wrote: > > Hackers, > > > > > > attached patch implements quad-tree on ranges. Some performance > > results in comparison with current GiST indexing. > > Index creation is slightly slower. Probably, it need some > > investigation. Search queries on SP-GiST use much more pages. However > > this comparison can be not really correct, because SP-GiST can pin > > same buffer several times during one scan. In CPU search queries on > > SP-GiST seems to be slightly faster. Dramatical difference in "column > > <@ const" query is thanks to 2d-mapping. > >
Also, it would be helpful to add a couple tests to rangetypes.sql.
Thank you for review! Now I'm working on detailed performance benchmarks for different opclasses. I hope to finish it in this week. Then we would see which opclasses we're really need and nail down issues you've pointed.
