Re: PG Statistics

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: "mcelroy, tim" <tim(dot)mcelroy(at)bostonstock(dot)com>
Cc: "'pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PG Statistics
Date: 2006-03-14 00:18:53
Message-ID: 20060314001853.GA90740@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 06:49:39PM -0500, mcelroy, tim wrote:
> Does anyone know how much of a performance hit turning stats_block_level and
> stats_row_level on will incur? Do both need to be on to gather cache
> related statistics? I know the annotated_conf_80 document states to only
> turn them on for debug but if they're not that performance intensive I
> cannot see the harm.

I ran some tests a few months ago and found that stats_command_string
had a significant impact, whereas stats_block_level and stats_row_level
were almost negligible. Here are my test results:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2005-12/msg00307.php

Your results may vary. If you see substantially different results
then please post the particulars.

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Michael Fuhr

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