Re: [performance] fast reads on a busy server

On Wed, 2012-06-27 at 00:16 +0200, Willy-Bas Loos wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've read this:
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Prioritizing_databases_by_separating_into_multiple_clusters
>
> But it doesn't really say anything about memory.
> If i can fit an extra cluster into it's shared buffer, it should have
> fast reads, right?
> Even if i don't have seperate spindles and the disks are busy.

Check if you are CPU-bound. On a database which fits fully you may
already be.

> This is on a Debain server, postgres 8.4

And if possible, upgrade to latest pg (9.1). On some operations this
already may give you a considerable performance boost

> Cheers,
>
> WBL
> --
> "Quality comes from focus and clarity of purpose" -- Mark Shuttleworth
>

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