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Bill wrote:
| Ok, so maybe someone on this group will have a better idea. We have a
| database of financial information, and this has literally millions of
| entries. I have installed indicies, but for the rather computationally
| demanding processes we like to use, like a select query to find the
| commodity with the highest monthly or annual returns, the computer
generally
| runs unacceptably slow. So, other than clustring, how could I achieve a
| speed increase in these complex queries? Is this better in mysql or
| postgresql?
Postgres generally beats MySQL on complex queries. The easiest solution
to speed issues is to throw hardware at it. Generally, you're first
bound by disk, RAM then CPU.
1) Move your data over to an array of smallish 15kRPM disks. The more
spindles the better.
2) Use a 64 bit platform and take advantage of >4 GB memory.
There are dozens of options for the disk array. For the processing
platform, I'd recommend looking at Opteron. I've heard only good things
and their price is much more reasonable than the other options.
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Andrew Hammond 416-673-4138 ahammond@ca.afilias.info
Database Administrator, Afilias Canada Corp.
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