Re: Growth planning

Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com>

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com>
To: Israel Brewster <ijbrewster@alaska.edu>
Cc: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2021-10-04T22:05:34Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On 10/4/21 3:37 PM, Israel Brewster wrote:
>> On Oct 4, 2021, at 1:21 PM, Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:robjsargent@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> My "strict" table per station suggestion was meant as an option to 
>> avoid the partitioning pain point entirely if it wasn't going to buy 
>> you anything. Namely querying more than one station's data.
>
> Ah, so in theory making “strict” tables for each would be easier than 
> creating partitions for each? Something to consider for sure if so.
>
>>
>> In a write-once scenario such as this,  would a "clustered index" on 
>> datetime be stable, performant?  Seems a read-for-export could put 
>> the head down at time point A and just go?
>>
> That’s beyond my level of DB admin knowledge, unfortunately :) I can 
> certainly read up on it and give it a try though!
>
>
I was hoping one of the smart people would chime in;)