Re: long vacuum

From: Naomi Walker <nwalker(at)eldocomp(dot)com>
To: <nickf(at)ontko(dot)com>, "pgsql-admin" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: long vacuum
Date: 2002-03-04 20:08:15
Message-ID: 4.2.2.20020304130651.00aefb10@ecint.ecinet.com
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>I'm running PGSQL 7.1.3 and Debian Linux 2.4.14 on an Athlon 1.4Ghz box with
>512MB RAM & IDE drives.
>
>Any thoughts appreciated- I'm trying to decide whether I should cancel the
>vacuum & do an autopsy.

I do a nightly vacuum analyze of databases that are about 2-5 gig. The
longest one takes 40 seconds. Something is quite wrong. Do you have truss
? I'd truss the vacuum and see where it is spending its time.

>-NF
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