Re: postgres 6.2 vacuum

From: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
To: Hornyak Laszlo <kocka(at)tigrasoft(dot)hu>
Cc: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: postgres 6.2 vacuum
Date: 2003-09-23 16:53:36
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0309231053050.12142-100000@css120.ihs.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-admin pgsql-hackers

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Hornyak Laszlo wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> We have a database on postgreSQL 6.2 and it is extremely slow, so we
> started vacuum on it. I know it locks the tables, so clients can not use
> it until the process is finished, but it is extremely slow on a 1.800.000
> record table and we don't know how to make it faster. Can anybody help me?
>
> It seems it is writing an index file, but it grows very slowly.
>
> I know we should use 7.3 at least, we are working on it, but we need to
> survive this day with 6.2 :(

In all honesty, it'd probably be faster to convert than to wait for that
vacuum to finish.

seriously.

6.2 is like the model A of Postgresql versions.

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-admin by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Priya G 2003-09-23 17:16:48 Re: help needed!!!
Previous Message scott.marlowe 2003-09-23 16:52:27 Re: steps to ensure referential integrity

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Tom Lane 2003-09-23 17:16:35 Re: pg_dump doesn't dump binary compatible casts
Previous Message Marko Karppinen 2003-09-23 16:51:53 Re: [GENERAL] Can't Build 7.3.4 on OS X