Re: TSearch: CLUSTER using GIST, query using GIN? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Oleg Bartunov
Subject Re: TSearch: CLUSTER using GIST, query using GIN?
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.64.0801191741100.26876@sn.sai.msu.ru
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In response to TSearch: CLUSTER using GIST, query using GIN?  (Hannes Dorbath <light@theendofthetunnel.de>)
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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, Hannes Dorbath wrote:

> Does it make any sense to CLUSTER by a GIST index to move tuples with similar
> lexems physically closer together on disc, drop it and use GIN for the actual
> queries?
>
> My queries are bound by HDD seek speed currently, might the above help me or
> can it even be counterproductive?

what do you want to speed up ? Search is very fast, see explain analyze.
The problem usually in the access to documents found to calculate
rank, headlines. If GIN  returns N documents, then you need to read
all of them to calculate rank and here you get slowdown.

     Regards,
         Oleg
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