Re^4: PSQL and many queries

No values are required for lookup purposes. And the length of the keys makes surprisingly little difference to the size of the hash.

For example: For a hash with 11,881,376 keys:

From 5-bytes keys (the minimum required) to 14-bytes keys, the memory required remains almost static at 1.7GB.
From 15-bytes through 29-bytes, it goes to 1.9 GB.
From 30-bytes through 46-bytes, it goes to 2.1 GB.
from 47-bytes .... , it goes to 2.3 GB.

So if I have 11,881,376 keys with an average key size of say 250 bytes it would only be 2.3 GB? Same with 400 bytes? Or 500 bytes?

Jason L. Froebe

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Re^5: PSQL and many queries by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 24, 2009 at 14:00 UTC
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