You will need to provide more information about the data requirement- such
as column types, what you need to search for, and the actual queries and
execution plans.
Purely as a guess, it seems like you haven't tried partial indexes:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-createindex.html
Mit freundlichen Gruessen aus den USA,
M
On Sat, May 6, 2006 2:58 pm, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> for 4 weeks I have imported (text) data of 50 DVD's from a customer into
> my PostgreSQL and now I have a very big problem... The maintable (called
> 'timeline' is around 350 GByte in size...
> ...and searching is the hell!
>
>
> Since I try to redesign my Database since some time, I like to use for
> each year ONE table using tablespace and would like to know what happen
> with a backup and restoring it.
>
> How does the restore know whewre to place, etc.
>
>
> And, it is possibel to get a table (restoring), if, for example I have
> only one Disk where the tablespace was created?
>
> Or would it be better, to run several postmasters using one SCSI or
> SATA (WD Raptor) HDD of 150 GByte for each Database?
>
>
> Currently I am using a 3Ware 3w8500-12S with 2 x WD1500GD (OS,
> Raid-1) and 8 HDD's using Raid-5 but I can switch to 4 x Raid-1 plus
> (two "new" HDD's). I do not like LVM because too negative experience.
>
>
> Or would it generaly better to use 1U Server Racks with each one
> Raid-1 of 150 GByte? (Since the prices for 1U servers are falling
> in germany)
>
> My current server eat 2 x 4U for the Database, 4U for the Webserver
> and 3 x 4U for the Binaries (1,8 TB of original documents of any kind).
>
> Those three servers plus a very big Sun machine are connected of a
> CISCO to a SONET Dual STM-4 (since end march). Maybe it is relevant.
>
>
> Thanks
> Michelle Konzack
>
>
>
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