Aha, yeah I recall reading suggestions akin to those for SSDs. Nice! There's also `ALTER TABLE SET STATISTICS` and default_statistics_target config parameter (

Aha, yeah I recall reading suggestions akin to those for SSDs. Nice! There's also `ALTER TABLE SET STATISTICS` and default_statistics_target config parameter (for supposedly smart query planning on the fly?) (though would have to re-read to recall how these things work - off to bed soon): http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-query.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config... (edit ah you included the same link - lots of good stuff here - ahh I like Postgres documentation)