Re: Vacuum statistics

From: Alena Rybakina <a(dot)rybakina(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
To: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jim Nasby <jnasby(at)upgrade(dot)com>, Andrei Zubkov <zubkov(at)moonset(dot)ru>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>, jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, a(dot)lepikhov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru
Subject: Re: Vacuum statistics
Date: 2025-01-13 11:29:31
Message-ID: 91065110-624a-4b9d-960e-e5fddee85e1d@postgrespro.ru
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On 10.01.2025 17:51, Alena Rybakina wrote:
>
> Hi! I thought about this problem again and I think I have a solution.
>
> On 02.12.2024 23:12, Alena Rybakina wrote:
>>> * I've read the previous discussion on how important to keep all these
>>> fields regarding vacuum statistics including points by Andrei and Jim.
>>> It still worrying me that statistics volume is going to burst in about
>>> 3 times, but I don't have a particular proposal on how to make more
>>> granular approach. I wonder if you could propose something.
> We can collect statistics on databases at all times - there are less
> compared to vacuum statistics of relations, but they can give enough
> information that can hint that something is going wrong.
> With the track_vacuum_statistics guc we can cover cases of collecting
> extended and complete information: when it is enabled, we will collect
> vacuum statistics on relations both: heaps and indexes.
> This will not lead to a synchronicity between constant database
> statistics and temporary statistics of relations, since our vacuum
> statistics are cumulative and it is assumed that we will look at
> changes in statistics over a certain period.
> What do you think?

I implemented this in my latest patch version [0].

[0]
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/1e81a0a1-a63b-48fb-905a-d6495f89ab73%40postgrespro.ru

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Regards,
Alena Rybakina
Postgres Professional

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