Re: Indexing large table of coordinates with GiST

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Indexing large table of coordinates with GiST
Date: 2015-01-15 16:41:04
Message-ID: 54B7EDA0.4060005@gmail.com
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On 01/15/2015 05:44 AM, Daniel Begin wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to create an index on coordinates (geography type) over a
> large table (4.5 billion records) using GiST...
>
> CREATE INDEX nodes_geom_idx ON nodes USING gist (geom);
>
> The command ran for 5 days until my computer stops because a power outage!
> Before restarting the index creation, I am asking the community if there are
> ways to shorten the time it took the first time :-)
>
> Any idea?
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
Daniel could you please supply the server hardware (cpu and storage)
you're using for this data. I have a similar number of records and
would like to know what it takes to handle such load.

TIA

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