[PERFORM] 8 way Intel Xeon system

2003-08-27 Thread Castle, Lindsay
Hi all, Hopefully a quick query. Is there anything special I should look at when configuring either PostgreSQL and Linux to work together on an 8-way Intel P-III based system? I currently have the database system running fairly nicely on a 2 CPU Pentium-II 400 server with 512MB memory, hardwar

[PERFORM] One table or many tables for data set

2003-07-22 Thread Castle, Lindsay
Hi all, I'm working on a project that has a data set of approximately 6million rows with about 12,000 different elements, each element has 7 columns of data. I'm wondering what would be faster from a scanning perspective (SELECT statements with some calculations) for this type of set up;

Re: [PERFORM] One table or many tables for data set

2003-07-22 Thread Castle, Lindsay
July 2003 11:06 AM To: Castle, Lindsay Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PERFORM] One table or many tables for data set Castle, Lindsay wrote: > The data structure looks like this: > element > date > num1 > num2 > num3 > num4 >

Re: [PERFORM] One table or many tables for data set

2003-07-22 Thread Castle, Lindsay
Thanks Rod My explanations will be better next time. :-) -Original Message- From: Rod Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2003 11:41 AM To: Castle, Lindsay Cc: Postgresql Performance Subject: Re: One table or many tables for data set On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 21:50

Re: [PERFORM] One table or many tables for data set

2003-07-22 Thread Castle, Lindsay
there is no relationship between the different elements that I need to cater for. Cheers, Linz Castle, Lindsay wrote and : > I'm working on a project that has a data set of approximately 6million rows > with about 12,000 different elements, each element has 7 columns of data. > >