Re: [GENERAL] pg_dump slow with bytea data

2011-03-07 Thread chris r.
Merlin, first of all, thanks for your reply! hm. where exactly is all this time getting spent? Are you i/o bound? cpu bound? Is there any compression going on? Very good questions. pg_dump -F c compresses per default at a moderate level (manpage), whatever compression level 'moderate'

Re: [GENERAL] pg_dump slow with bytea data

2011-03-07 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 7:28 AM, chris r. chri...@gmx.net wrote: Merlin, first of all, thanks for your reply! hm.  where exactly is all this time getting spent?  Are you i/o bound? cpu bound? Is there any compression going on? Very good questions. pg_dump -F c compresses per default at a

Re: [GENERAL] pg_dump slow with bytea data

2011-03-07 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Merlin Moncure mmonc...@gmail.com wrote: Well, that's a pretty telling case, although I'd venture to say not typical.  In average databases, I'd expect 10-50% range of improvement going from text-binary which is often not enough to justify the compatibility

[GENERAL] pg_dump slow with bytea data

2011-03-02 Thread chris r.
Dear list, As discussed extensively in the past [1], pg_dump tends to be slow for tables that contain bytea columns with large contents. Starting with postgres version 8.5 the COPY format of bytea was changed from escape to hex [1], giving ~50% performance boost. However, we experience heavy

Re: [GENERAL] pg_dump slow with bytea data

2011-03-02 Thread chris r.
As discussed extensively in the past [1] Argh, forgot to add the reference: [1]: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00192.php Chris -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription:

Re: [GENERAL] pg_dump slow with bytea data

2011-03-02 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 2:35 AM, chris r. chri...@gmx.net wrote: Dear list, As discussed extensively in the past [1], pg_dump tends to be slow for tables that contain bytea columns with large contents. Starting with postgres version 8.5 the COPY format of bytea was changed from escape to hex

Re: [GENERAL] pg_dump slow with bytea data

2011-03-02 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 2 Mar 2011, at 9:35, chris r. wrote: GB). Note that we ran VACUUM FULL on the tables affected. Did you also REINDEX them? Alban Hertroys -- Screwing up is an excellent way to attach something to the ceiling. !DSPAM:737,4d6e8542235882633876383! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list