Re: tuning autovacuum

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: tuning autovacuum
Date: 2011-06-09 21:41:57
Message-ID: 16306.1307655717@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
> What we'd probably need to do with those is handle them like the other
> stats in the system: store a total number for visited/cleaned/dead for
> each relation, then increment the total as each vacuum finishes.

As Robert said, we're already seeing scalability problems with the
pg_stats subsystem. I'm not eager to add a bunch more per-table
counters, at least not without some prior work to damp down the ensuing
performance hit.

regards, tom lane

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