[HACKERS] Tsearch2 index size

2006-11-02 Thread richard
I am running versions 8.1.2 and I installed 8.2B last week. I dumped the data from a rather large (several million records) from the old into the new version. My two observations are as follows... Also, keep in mind these are truly just observations, I didn't use any benchmarking tools. If

Re: [HACKERS] Tsearch2 index size

2006-11-02 Thread Jeff Davis
On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 13:36 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. I have a tsearch2 index which is 756MB in size in 8.1.2 but balloons to 910MB in 8.2! These numbers were taken right after a REINDEX. Normally, I wouldn't care about physical index size, but this particular index is sitting on

[HACKERS] Tsearch2 index size

2006-10-23 Thread richard-pgodbc
I am running versions 8.1.2 and I installed 8.2B last week. I dumped the data from the old version into the new version. The db consists of several million records. Total disk usage is approximately 114GB. My two observations are as follows... Also, keep in mind these are truly just

Re: [HACKERS] Tsearch2 index size

2006-10-23 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1. The release notes indicate more efficient vacuuming. However, both vacuums seems to take about the same amount of time, ie. approx: 9 hours. I think the improvements were only in btree index vacuuming, which it sounds like isn't your big problem. 2. I have a

Re: [HACKERS] Tsearch2 index size

2006-10-23 Thread richard-pgodbc
2. I have a tsearch2 index which is 756MB in size in 8.1.2 but balloons to 910MB in 8.2! FILLFACTOR? Tom, Of course! I had it in my head that fillfactor had to be explicitely set. But then, after RTFM, it looks like there are defaults! Thank you! One more inane question, though.