Re: Vacuum is needed or not?

From: Jaime Casanova <systemguards(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Szabolcs BALLA <szballa(at)confinsystems(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Vacuum is needed or not?
Date: 2006-01-05 14:37:22
Message-ID: c2d9e70e0601050637i4888ee80gdc25f285f18bec13@mail.gmail.com
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On 1/5/06, Szabolcs BALLA <szballa(at)confinsystems(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How do I know vacuum is need or not? I mean, are there any query to know
> status of statistics, tables, indexes, etc?
> (7.4.7)
> Our database size bigger than just go and do it. :(
>
> Thanks,
> Szabek

VACUUM is needed at least every billion transactions...

execute it in a script periodically... if you are in doubt if you need
VACUUM then you need it urgently, execute it right now!!!

--
regards,
Jaime Casanova
(DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)

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