Re: BUG #3261: autovacuum starts regarding config setting

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Evgeny Gridasov <eugrid(at)fpm(dot)kubsu(dot)ru>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #3261: autovacuum starts regarding config setting
Date: 2007-05-04 09:25:49
Message-ID: 463AFC1D.2030709@enterprisedb.com
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Evgeny Gridasov wrote:
> autovacuum starts even if autovacuum=off is set in config file, I've checked
> it through 'show autovacuum' and see it off. But still there is an
> autovacuum process vacuuming the tables.

Even when you disable autovacuum with autovacuum=off, it's still
launched to prevent xid wraparound. See the documentation on xid
wrap-around:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/routine-vacuuming.html#VACUUM-FOR-WRAPAROUND

and on the autovacuum_freeze_max_age configuration variable for more
information.

> is this 8.2.4 CVS-only issue?

No. It's a new feature in the 8.2.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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