Re: Compression In Postgresql 9.6

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Compression In Postgresql 9.6
Date: 2019-08-05 07:11:53
Message-ID: 82708249-ab53-cca8-1d1d-3ca45fa6dde5@gmail.com
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On 8/5/19 1:30 AM, Shital A wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Need inputs on below:
>
> We are working on a setting up a new highly transactional (tps 100k) OLTP
> system for payments using blockchain and postgresql 9.6 as DB on Rhel 7.6.
> Postgres version is 9.6 and not latest because of specs of blockchain
> component.
>
> There is a requirement for data compression on DB level. Please provide
> your inputs on how this can be best achieved.

Column-level compression?  Because some data just doesn't compress well.

>
> Checked in-build Toast, it compressed the data provided exceed the 2kb
> pagesize? If the data values are small and even if there are billion
> records they wont be compressed, this is what I understood.
>
> Are there any suggestions of compressing older data irrespective of row
> size transparently?

Are your tables partitioned?

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