Re: PG 8.0.1 is getting slow in 24 hours. Only daily VACUUM FULL helps

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: Együd Csaba <csegyud(at)vnet(dot)hu>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PG 8.0.1 is getting slow in 24 hours. Only daily VACUUM FULL helps
Date: 2005-06-13 20:50:45
Message-ID: 20050613205045.GB1346@wolff.to
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 22:27:31 +0200,
Együd Csaba <csegyud(at)vnet(dot)hu> wrote:
>
> The critical tables are vacuum analyzed in every hour. (Not vacuum full
> because of the several minutes long exclusive lock)
>
> Earlier the system had been running for 3 months without problems, but a few
> weeks ago suddenly it got slower and slower. By now I have to vacuum full
> analyze the whole database almost every day to achieve the requested
> performance.
>
> The operating system is a Win2k adv. server, on a HP NetServer LC2000
> (2xPIII1GHz + 2x36GB SCSI RAID1; 1GB RAM)
>
> I know that Windows is blame... etc., but what about that 3 months perfect
> runtime?
>
> What could cause this issue?

Is your FSM setting high enough?

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