Re: [DOCS] Autovacuum and XID wraparound

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Autovacuum and XID wraparound
Date: 2007-05-16 21:05:32
Message-ID: 20070516210531.GL4582@alvh.no-ip.org
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> ... I have resisted having VACUUM freeze
> >> tuples before they've reached a quite-respectable age, and I object to
> >> having CLUSTER do it either.
>
> > How about freezing anything older than vacuum_freeze_min_age, just like
> > VACUUM does?
>
> I suppose that'd be OK, but is it likely to be worth the trouble?

I think so, because it means that people using CLUSTER to keep the size
of tables in line instead of VACUUM, would not need the otherwise
mandatory VACUUM.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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