Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFAE32E2E7D for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:08:00 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11468-06 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:07:50 -0400 (AST) Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net (vms040pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.40]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47C412E037C for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:07:55 -0400 (AST) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([71.178.47.70]) by vms040.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JUI00M01B7AVAR3@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:09:10 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FF301F81D for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:07:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (osgiliath.home.mathom.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id QnMtEMddkRem for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:07:40 -0500 (EST) Received: by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AA9F21F812; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:07:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:07:40 -0500 From: Michael Stone Subject: Re: Best way to index IP data? In-reply-to: <20080111165746.5e3fd8e3@commandprompt.com> To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Mail-followup-to: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-id: <20080112010739.GC5294@mathom.us> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mathom.us X-Pgp-Fingerprint: 53 FF 38 00 E7 DD 0A 9C 84 52 84 C5 EE DF 7C 88 References: <36e682920801101541o7626bbddj428617144240c554@mail.gmail.com> <13179.1200064791@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080111162747.GT5294@mathom.us> <24044.1200082058@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080111212703.GU5294@mathom.us> <28651.1200097150@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080112003600.GA5294@mathom.us> <20080111165746.5e3fd8e3@commandprompt.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200801/96 X-Sequence-Number: 28335 On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 04:57:46PM -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >Question is.. are you going >to have a few billion IPs in your database? Doubtful. Really depends on what you're using the database for, doesn't it? Mike Stone