Re: Vacuum takes forever

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Joost Kraaijeveld <J(dot)Kraaijeveld(at)Askesis(dot)nl>
Cc: postgresql performance list <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Vacuum takes forever
Date: 2007-05-29 20:43:46
Message-ID: 465C9082.3070607@postgresql.org
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Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am currently running a vacuum analyse through PgAdmin on a PostgreSQL
> 8.1.9 database that takes forever without doing anything: no
> (noticeable) disk activity or (noticeable) CPU activity.
>
> The mesage tab in PgAdmin says:
>
> ...
> Detail: 0 index pages have been deleted, 0 are currently reusable.
> CPU 0.01s/0.00u sec elapsed 568.16 sec
> ....
>
> and lots of entries looking just like this ( 0 % CPU, > 500 secs).
>
> There are no other connections to the database and the machine does not
> do anything else than me typing this e-mail and playing Metallica MP3's.

Cliff, Jason or Rob era? Could be important...

:-)

Regards, Dave.

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