Hello, I need to compare quiery execution : I have 2 tables partitioned by Datex ( daily): summary_daily ( counter | bigint datasource_id | integer application_id | integer action | character(1) srcreporter_id | integer destreporter_id | integer bytes | bigint srcusergroup_id | integer datex | timestamp with time zone root_cause_id | integer rule_id | integer srcgeo_id | integer destgeo_id | integer mlapp_id | bigint ) app ( counter | bigint bytes | bigint action | character(1) datex | timestamp with time zone datasource_id | integer application_id | integer mlapp_id | bigint root_cause_id | integer ) The second table has been created from the first by aggregation. table Summary has 9 mln rec per partition, table App has 7 mln rec per partition execution plan looks the same except the actual time is a huge difference. work_mem=10mb, days/partitions query from Summary query from App 1 2.5 sec 1 sec 3 5.5 sec 1.5 sec 7 60 sec 8 sec. when I set session work_mem=60mb query for 7 days takes 8.5 sec vs 60 sec. how can I see where/when it is using disk or memory? explain analyze SELECT summary_app.action, sum(summary_app.counter), summary_app.mlapp_id, summary_app.application_id, sum(summary_app.bytes), summary_app.root_cause_id FROM summary_app WHERE summary_app.datasource_id = 10 and summary_app.datex >= '2011-08-03 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone AND summary_app.datex < '2011-08-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone group by mlapp_id, application_id,action, root_cause_id HashAggregate (cost=8223.97..8226.97 rows=200 width=37) (actual time=4505.607..4506.806 rows=3126 loops=1) -> Append (cost=0.00..8213.42 rows=703 width=37) (actual time=1071.043..4046.780 rows=283968 loops=1) -> Seq Scan on summary_daily_data summary_app (cost=0.00..23.83 rows=1 width=37) (actual time=0.001..0.001 rows=0 loops=1) Filter: ((datex >= '2011-08-03 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (datex < '2011-08-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (datasource_id = 10)) -> Bitmap Heap Scan on summ_daily_15191 summary_app (cost=1854.89..2764.60 rows=234 width=37) (actual time=1071.041..1343.235 rows=94656 loops=1) Recheck Cond: ((datasource_id = 10) AND (datex >= '2011-08-03 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (datex < '2011-08-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone)) -> BitmapAnd (cost=1854.89..1854.89 rows=234 width=0) (actual time=1054.310..1054.310 rows=0 loops=1) -> Bitmap Index Scan on ind_fw_15191 (cost=0.00..868.69 rows=46855 width=0) (actual time=17.896..17.896 rows=94656 loops=1) Index Cond: (datasource_id = 10) -> Bitmap Index Scan on ind_datex_15191 (cost=0.00..985.83 rows=46855 width=0) (actual time=1020.834..1020.834 rows=9370944 loops=1) Index Cond: ((datex >= '2011-08-03 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (datex < '2011-08-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone)) the same query from the smaller table: HashAggregate (cost=252859.36..253209.94 rows=23372 width=34) (actual time=371.164..372.153 rows=3126 loops=1) -> Append (cost=0.00..249353.62 rows=233716 width=34) (actual time=11.028..115.915 rows=225072 loops=1) -> Seq Scan on summary_app (cost=0.00..28.03 rows=1 width=37) (actual time=0.001..0.001 rows=0 loops=1) Filter: ((datex >= '2011-08-03 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (datex < '2011-08-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (datasource_id = 10)) -> Bitmap Heap Scan on summ_app_15191 summary_app (cost=2299.40..82014.85 rows=72293 width=34) (actual time=11.027..31.341 rows=75024 loops=1) Recheck Cond: ((datasource_id = 10) AND (datex >= '2011-08-03 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (datex < '2011-08-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone)) -> Bitmap Index Scan on summ_app_fw_datex_15191 (cost=0.00..2281.32 rows=72293 width=0) (actual time=10.910..10.910 rows=75024 loops=1) Index Cond: ((datasource_id = 10) AND (datex >= '2011-08-03 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone) AND (datex < '2011-08-06 00:00:00+00'::timestamp with time zone)) Why the difference is so large? How I can tune this query? thank you. Helen -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/How-to-see-memory-usage-using-explain-analyze-tp4694681p4694681.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - performance mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance