Re: Vacuum full on a big table

From: Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
To: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Vacuum full on a big table
Date: 2005-03-17 21:53:17
Message-ID: 4239FC4D.40501@bigfoot.com
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Scott Marlowe wrote:

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> Vacuum full doesn't use fsm, lazy vacuum does (i.e. plain vacuum).

Are you sure? Why then after a vacuum full verbose the FSM settings
are displayed ?

> Is there a reason you're doing a full vacuum?

Because I'm only running pg_autovacuum since one month now, but I see
that for same table is a disaster do not vacuum full once in a day.

> and no, you can't vacuum parts at a time. it's all or nothing.
> (*Unless that changes in 8.0...*)

I wish that this happen.

Regards
Gaetano Mendola

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