Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc> writes:
>>> forgot to mention that this is 8.1.3 compiled from source.
>>
>> See the discussion starting here:
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-02/msg00590.php
> I was following this thread - and it was partly a reason why I'm playing
> with that(the CREATE INDEX on that table finished after about 12 hours
> with a bit less 2GB for maintenance_work_mem(for comparision it took me
> only about 2,5hours to create this table) .
It would be interesting to try the same test with CVS tip to see if the
sorting improvements Simon and I made over the past few weeks help much.
regards, tom lane