Re: Autovacuum / full vacuum

Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>

From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Date: 2006-01-17T17:16:56Z
Lists: pgsql-performance
On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 09:59:25AM -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> I have to admit, looking at the documentation, that we really don't
> explain this all that well in the administration section, and I can see
> how easily led astray beginners are.

I understand what you mean, but I suppose my reaction would be that
what we really need is a place to keep these things, with a note in
the docs that the "best practice" settings for these are documented
at <some url>, and evolve over time as people gain expertise with the
new features.

I suspect, for instance, that nobody knows exactly the right settings
for any generic workload yet under 8.1 (although probably people know
them well enough for particular workloads).

A


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