Re: odd variances in count(*) times

From: "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
Cc: "Pg Performance list" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: odd variances in count(*) times
Date: 2006-10-10 06:30:07
Message-ID: b42b73150610092330m22dc6a6x7fefcb65bbbdfc51@mail.gmail.com
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On 10/10/06, Jim C. Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net> wrote:
> > >Try w/o the explain analyze. It adds quite a bit of overhead and that
> > >might be inconsistant between the systems (mainly it may have to do with
> > >the gettimeofday() calls being implemented differently between Windows
> > >and Linux..).
> >
> > that was it. amd system now drop to .3 seconds, windows .6. (doing
> > time foo > psql -c bar > file). thanks...
>
> You can also turn timing on in psql.
>
> And FWIW, RAID5 generally isn't a good idea for databases.

thats just our development box here at the office. production system
runs on something much more extravagent :).

melrin

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