On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 09:39:34PM -0500, Neil Conway wrote: > It's true that LZ decompression is fast, so we should probably use the > compressed version of the datum unless the reduction in size is very > small. I'm not sure precisely what that threshold should be, however.
Any idea on how decompression time compares to IO bandwidth? In other words, how long does it take to decompress 1MB vs read that 1MB vs read whatever the uncompressed size is? -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
