Hello,
I have a database table that is growing too big (few hundred million rows) that needs to be optimized, but before I get into partitioning it, I thought I'd ask about suggestions.
Here is the usage:
0 . Table contains about 10 columns of length about 20 bytes each.
INSERTS are performed at a rate of hundreds of times per second.
SELECT statements are performed based on column 'a' (where a='xxxx' ) a few times per hour.
DELETE statements are performed based on a DATE column. (delete where date older than 1 year) usually once per day.
The key requirement is to speed up INSERT and SELECT statements, and be able to keep history data of 1 year back without locking the whole table down while deleting.
I would guess that I must have two indexes, one for column 'a', and the other for the date field. or is it possible to optimize both ?
Will there be a necessary trade-off between speed on select and speed of delete?
Is partitioning the only solution ? What are good strategies for partitioning such table?
I'm using a PostgreSQL 8.4 database.
Best Regards,
Roger Tannous.