Re: Vaccum and 24/7/365 database

From: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
To: Jean-Christophe ARNU <jc(dot)arnu(at)free(dot)fr>
Cc: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Vaccum and 24/7/365 database
Date: 2002-01-09 16:16:24
Message-ID: 20020109080954.F71288-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com
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On 9 Jan 2002, Jean-Christophe ARNU wrote:

> Hi all,
> we use postgresql 7.2 for a data logging/supervisor application running
> 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 (and 6 hours) a year. Data are
> inserted/deleted/updated each 1,5 minutes and for performance reason we
> have to vacuum each day some tables. The problem is that vacuum stops
> inserts, updates and deletes for the table it performs (well in fact, I
> understood this). This way of working for the database does not fit our
> needs of 24/7/365 availability. So my question is : is there a way to
> get all the things work together (good performances & availability)?

AFAIK, if you're using a recent 7.2, the default VACUUM shouldn't prevent
inserts/updates/deletes from the table while the vacuum is occuring.

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