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Re: Allowing VACUUM to time out when waiting for locks?

Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>

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From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>
To: Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-01-29T14:59:57Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 01:23:11 +1100,
  Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au> wrote:
> 
> We have a frequently updated (peak > 5/sec) table with about 1000 rows.
> 
> We run VACCUM FULL on this table every 5 minutes.

Why not just use plain VACUUM? The table will reach a steady state size.
You should only need to use VACUUM FULL if an event causes the table
to bloat to significantly more than steady state size and you want to reduce
the size again.