Re: Insert only tables and vacuum performance

From: Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Insert only tables and vacuum performance
Date: 2004-04-30 05:57:44
Message-ID: 4091EAD8.4020503@selectacast.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net> writes:
>
>>I have a table that is never updated, only INSERTED into. Is there a way
>>I can prevent vacuum wasting time on this table
>
>
> What makes you think vacuum is wasting much time on this table? AFAICS
> it will only update any unfixed hint bits ...
>
> regards, tom lane

INFO: "elog": found 0 removable, 12869411 nonremovable row versions in
196195 pages
DETAIL: 0 dead row versions cannot be removed yet.
There were 5 unused item pointers.
0 pages are entirely empty.
CPU 31.61s/4.53u sec elapsed 1096.83 sec.

It took 1096.83 seconds, and what did it accomplish? And what are hint
bits?

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