1. A method for processing a database query, the method comprising, in a first system having a first dataspace including a database, in response to receiving a database query for the database: generating a query plan for the database query on the first system; determining whether to defer statistics collection for the database query on the first system; and in response to determining to defer statistics collection for the database query on the first system, initiating remote statistics collection associated with the database query on a second system having a second dataspace, wherein the second dataspace includes a copy of the database on the first dataspace on the first system, and wherein the remote statistics collection uses the copy of the database on the second dataspace, wherein the second system maintains the second dataspace as a live copy of the first dataspace.