dell powervault md1000 – storage test
i recently got new toy for tests – brand new dell powervault md1000. what's this, you ask? basically – a rather nice das (direct attached storage) from dell. the box i got had 15 sas discs, each disc...
View ArticleWaiting for 8.4 – storage types for table columns
Gregory Stark wrote, and Bruce Momjian committed (on 14th of July) patch which shows storage type in psql. Log Message: ----------- Add column storage type to psql \d+ display. Gregory Stark How does...
View ArticleWaiting for 9.4 – Tablespace changes
On 18th of January, Stephen Frost committed patch: Add ALTER TABLESPACE ... MOVE command This adds a 'MOVE' sub-command to ALTER TABLESPACE which allows moving sets of objects from one tablespace to...
View ArticleI have PostgreSQL, loaded some data, and have app using it. Now what?
I had to deal with this question, or some version of it, quite a few times. So, decided to write a summary on what one could (or should) do, after data is in database, and application is running....
View Articledell powervault md1000 – storage test
i recently got new toy for tests – brand new dell powervault md1000. what's this, you ask? basically – a rather nice das (direct attached storage) from dell. the box i got had 15 sas discs, each disc...
View ArticleWaiting for 8.4 – storage types for table columns
Gregory Stark wrote, and Bruce Momjian committed (on 14th of July) patch which shows storage type in psql. Log Message: ----------- Add column storage type to psql \d+ display. Gregory Stark How does...
View ArticleWaiting for 9.4 – Tablespace changes
On 18th of January, Stephen Frost committed patch: Add ALTER TABLESPACE ... MOVE command This adds a 'MOVE' sub-command to ALTER TABLESPACE which allows moving sets of objects from one tablespace to...
View ArticleI have PostgreSQL, loaded some data, and have app using it. Now what?
I had to deal with this question, or some version of it, quite a few times. So, decided to write a summary on what one could (or should) do, after data is in database, and application is running....
View ArticleDoes varchar(n) use less disk space than varchar() or text?
Some time ago on Slack some person said: varchar is better (storage efficiency), i recommend using it for less than 2048 chars, for the best : TEXT There was discussion that followed, the person that...
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