Maybe not for queries, but if you use a date range then you never need
to run a DELETE and never need to VACUUM.
You could split the data into two-day chunks.
That's an interesting idea, thanks.
> Am I using a horrid method for partitioning the data? (% 10)
No, but what benefit do you think it provides. I'm not sure I see...
I was trying to get both the indexes to be smaller without loosing selectivity, and make any table scans/index scans faster from having to read less data.
> Should there be that big of an improvement for multiple tables given
> that all the data is still stored on the same filesystem?
You could store partitions in separate tablespaces/filesystems.
Ideally that's what I would do, but to make the most of that I would have to have a dedicated RAID setup for each partition right? (Which is a bit pricey for the budget).
Cheers,
Mike
