W dniu 2016-08-18 14:00:31 użytkownik Ilya Kazakevich <Ilya.Kazakevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> napisał: > Hi, > > >What's the reason that postgres needs more index pages to store random > >data > >than sequential ones? > > I assume that is because B-Tree is self-balanced tree, so it needs to be > rebalanced after each insertion. > Random insertions may go to the head of index where no space left leading to > huge data moving. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-tree#Insertions_and_deletions > > > > Ilya Kazakevich > > JetBrains > http://www.jetbrains.com > The Drive to Develop > > Thank you. So if that is the reason changing the fillfactor parameter should help? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
