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Re: Automatic free space map filling

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>

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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannu@skype.net>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2006-02-28T22:47:25Z
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Hannu Krosing wrote:

> Due to current implementation of vacuum,
> you have to abandon continuous vacuuming during vacuum of bigtable, but
> i have written and submitted to "patches" list a patch which allows
> vacuums not to block each other out, this is stalled due to Tom's
> "unesyness" about its possible hidden effects, but it should be
> available from "patches" list to anyone in distress :p

Do you use it in production?  Have you noticed any ill effects?

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