Re: Minimum tuple threshold to decide last pass of VACUUM

From: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Minimum tuple threshold to decide last pass of VACUUM
Date: 2015-08-03 20:55:06
Message-ID: 55BFD52A.5030506@BlueTreble.com
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On 8/3/15 12:04 PM, Simon Riggs wrote:
> Yes, that's what I was thinking, I just didn't say actually it. I'd been
> thinking about having VACUUM do just Phase 1 for some time, since its so
> much faster to do that. Will code.

I'd like to see that exposed as an option as well. There are certain
situations where you'd really like to just freeze things as fast as
possible, without waiting for a full vacuum.
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Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting, Austin TX
Data in Trouble? Get it in Treble! http://BlueTreble.com

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