Re: auto vaccum is dying

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
To: Rodrigo Barboza <rodrigombufrj(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-performance <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: auto vaccum is dying
Date: 2014-10-02 06:53:03
Message-ID: 542CF64F.6000905@vmware.com
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On 10/02/2014 07:43 AM, Rodrigo Barboza wrote:
> Hello, I have a table that receives lots of updates and inserts.
> Auto vaccum is always being cancelled on that table.
> One day the database went on standby and I had to act manually to recover.
>
> What should I do to avoid auto vaccum cancel?

Cancellation happens when you run a command that requires an a stronger
on the table, like ALTER or TRUNCATE. Plain UPDATEs or INSERTS will not
cause cancellations. There must be something else going on, causing the
cancellations.

- Heikki

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