Re: 7.1 vacuum

Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>

From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: "Magnus Naeslund(f)" <mag@fbab.net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-04-27T06:54:39Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
* Magnus Naeslund(f) <mag@fbab.net> [010426 21:17] wrote:
> How does 7.1 work now with the vacuum and all?
> 
> Does it go for indexes by default, even when i haven't run a vacuum at all?
> Does vacuum lock up postgres? It says the analyze part shouldn't, but how's
> that for all of the vacuum?
> 
> An 7.0.3 db we have here we are forced to run vacuum every hour to get an
> acceptable speed, and while doing that vacuum (5-10 minutes) it totaly
> blocks our application that's mucking with the db.

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