我有一个包含950万行的点位置的PostgreSQL表。我正在尝试运行此查询：/geoserver/workspace/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=workspace:layer&maxFeatures=50&outputFormat=application/json，但要花几分钟才能回复。
[当我查看地理服务器日志时，我看到了：
Request: getFeature
service = WFS
version = 1.0.0
baseUrl = http://my_geoserver_url/geoserver/
query[0]:
typeName[0] = {workspace}layer
maxFeatures = 50
outputFormat = application/json
resultType = results
19 Nov 15:26:04 INFO [wfs.json] - about to encode JSON
那时它停顿了好几分钟。
[当我查看PostgreSQL服务器的当前活动查询时，会看到以下内容：SELECT count(*) FROM "public"."layer"
此查询本身需要335秒来返回响应。首先，wtf？即使必须逐行计数，950万也不是很多行。有什么方法可以加快此操作吗？
其次，为什么要尝试执行SELECT count(*) FROM "public"."layer"，并且有什么方法可以防止它发生？我指定了maxFeatures = 50,，为什么还要计算它们？
版本：x86_64-pc-linux-gnu上的PostgreSQL 11.2（Debian 11.2-1.pgdg90 + 1），由gcc（Debian 6.3.0-18 + deb9u1）6.3.0 20170516，64-bi编译
计算机：n1-standard-2（2个vCPU，7.5 GB内存）（来自Google Cloud）
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说明（分析，缓冲区，格式化文本）：
Buffers: shared hit=2940 read=1601607
-> Gather (cost=1655905.64..1655905.85 rows=2 width=8) (actual time=191335.534..191349.259 rows=3 loops=1)
Workers Planned: 2
Workers Launched: 2
Buffers: shared hit=2940 read=1601607
-> Partial Aggregate (cost=1654905.64..1654905.65 rows=1 width=8) (actual time=191277.227..191277.227 rows=1 loops=3)
Buffers: shared hit=2940 read=1601607
-> Parallel Seq Scan on forecast (cost=0.00..1644833.91 rows=4028691 width=0) (actual time=8.037..190681.354 rows=3222220 loops=3)
Buffers: shared hit=2940 read=1601607
Planning Time: 0.351 ms
Execution Time: 191349.424 ms
索引：
CREATE INDEX forecast_init_utc ON public.forecast USING btree (forecast_init_utc)
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX forecast_pkey ON public.forecast USING btree (ogc_fid)
CREATE INDEX forecast_wkb_geometry_geom_idx ON public.forecast USING gist (wkb_geometry)
CREATE INDEX forecast_init_local ON public.forecast USING btree (forecast_init_local)
CREATE INDEX country_code ON public.forecast USING btree (country_code)
CREATE INDEX store_num ON public.forecast USING btree (store_num)
编辑：看来VACUUM ANALYZE完成了。运行耗时728秒，但现在查询迅速返回。我需要多久运行一次？
这里是新的说明（分析，缓冲区，格式文本）：
Finalize Aggregate (cost=204220.77..204220.78 rows=1 width=8) (actual time=7116.754..7116.755 rows=1 loops=1)
Buffers: shared hit=525705 read=25977
-> Gather (cost=204220.55..204220.77 rows=2 width=8) (actual time=7115.613..7123.979 rows=3 loops=1)
Workers Planned: 2
Workers Launched: 2
Buffers: shared hit=525705 read=25977
-> Partial Aggregate (cost=203220.55..203220.57 rows=1 width=8) (actual time=7051.177..7051.178 rows=1 loops=3)
Buffers: shared hit=525705 read=25977
-> Parallel Index Only Scan using store_num on forecast (cost=0.43..193125.85 rows=4037882 width=0) (actual time=18.684..6564.663 rows=3229577 loops=3)
Heap Fetches: 0
Buffers: shared hit=525705 read=25977
Planning Time: 0.896 ms
Execution Time: 7124.113 ms
@ a_horse_with_no_name的建议在表上运行vaccum analyze产生了很大的不同，但是有一个设置可以完全关闭这些select count(*)查询。 ，它位于管理面板的Layers -> <Layer Name> -> Publishing -> Skip the counting of the numberMatched attribute中。