Re: design question: general db performance

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:42:47 -0800
shane hill <shill(at)adobe(dot)com> wrote:

> Our db is getting to be a respectable size (about 10GB right now) and
> is growing slower and slower. I have been charged with making it
> faster and with a smaller footprint while retaining all of the current
> functionality. here is one of my ideas. Please tell me if I am
> crazy:
>

What exactly is it getting slower doing?

Have you run through the usual gamut of things to check - shared
buffers, vacuum analyzig, etc. etc.

What ver of PG?

What OS?

Can you post any schema/queries?

Normalizing can help. But I don't think it is going to be a magical
bullet that will make the DB instantly fast. It will reduce the size of
it though.

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