Re: Remove recommendation for nightly VACUUM

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Remove recommendation for nightly VACUUM
Date: 2022-06-27 15:35:35
Message-ID: CAH2-Wzm_U+Ot-WX9evxvkLgJGAwMNOdh16ea5=TfcKabX5PHfA@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 1:32 AM Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>> Looking at the Git history, most of that paragraph is from a time
>> when autovacuum did not yet exist or was much less reliable than it
>> is now. So I suggest removing all that and pointing to autovacuum
>> instead, as done in the attached patch.
>
>
> Agred. A nightly vacuum is definitely not something for "most people" anymore.

+1.

The VACUUM documentation needs to be totally overhauled. This is a start.

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Peter Geoghegan

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