SELECT DISTINCT sub.os,
COUNT(sub.os) as total
FROM
(
SELECT split_part(system.name, ' ', 1) as os
FROM system, attacks
WHERE 1 = 1
AND timestamp >= 1205708400
AND
timestamp <= 1206313200
AND
attacks.source = system.ip_addr
AND NOT attacks.source IN (
SELECT exclusion
FROM org_excl
WHERE orgid=2
)
) as sub
GROUP BY sub.os
ORDER BY total DESC LIMIT
5
which has the following execution plan:
Limit
(cost=1831417.45..1831417.48 rows=5 width=34) (actual time=1599.915..1599.925 rows=3 loops=1)
-> Unique
(cost=1831417.45..1831417.75 rows=41 width=34) (actualtime=1599.912..1599.918 rows=3 loops=1)
-> Sort
(cost=1831417.45..1831417.55 rows=41 width=34) (actual time=1599.911..1599.913 rows=3 loops=1)
Sort
Key: count(split_part(("system".name)::text, ''::text, 1)), split_part(("system".name)::text,
' '::text, 1)
-> HashAggregate (cost=1831415.63..1831416.35 rows=41 width=34) (actual time=1599.870..1599.876 rows=3 loops=1)
-> Nested Loop (cost=23.77..1829328.68 rows=417390 width=34) (actual time=0.075..1474.260 rows=75609
loops=1)
-> Index Scan using
index_attacks_timestamp on attacks
(cost=23.77..2454.92 rows=36300 width=11) (actual time=0.041..137.045 rows=72380 loops=1)
Index Cond:
(("timestamp" >= 1205708400) AND ("timestamp" <=
1206313200))
Filter: (NOT
(hashed subplan))
SubPlan
-> Seq Scan on org_excl (cost=0.00..23.75 rows=6 width=32) (actual
time=0.014..0.014 rows=0 loops=1)
Filter:
(orgid = 2)
-> Index Scan using
ip_addr_name_index on "system"
(cost=0.00..50.15 rows=12 width=45) (actual time=0.009..0.012 rows=1 loops=72380)
Index Cond:
("outer".source = "system".ip_addr)
Total runtime: 1600.056 ms
the NL (nested loop) is accountable for most of the total query time. Is there any way to avoid the NL and/or speed up the query?
Thanks,
Frits