On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Shaun Thomas <sthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Why does nobody every mention that concurrent access has to be taken >> into account? > > > That's actually a good point. But if you have one giant database, the > overlap of which tables are being accessed by various sessions is going to > be immense. That's why I said "several huge indices". If regularly accessed indices are separate, and big, it means they don't overlap nor do they fit in any cache. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance