Re: slowness what only full vacuum can solve

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Laszlo Fogas" <laszlo(at)falconsocial(dot)com>,<francois(at)teksol(dot)info>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: slowness what only full vacuum can solve
Date: 2012-08-10 21:08:33
Message-ID: 502532010200002500049588@gw.wicourts.gov
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Laszlo Fogas <laszlo(at)falconsocial(dot)com> wrote:

> Sorry, I wasn't clear.
>
> Autovacuum runs with default setting, I believe it's daily, or
> whenever it feels like.
>
> When autovacuum was disabled, we had this problem once every 2
> months.
>
> With autovacuum enabled, we had this problem once in every six
> month.

That was quite clear.

> It seems autovacuum could only delay the event, but not prevent
> it.

Autovacuum with default settings improves it drastically.
Autovacuum with more aggressive settings might well prevent the
problem entirely.

-Kevin

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