Re: Insert only tables and vacuum performance

Tom Lane wrote:
> Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net> writes:
> 
>>I have a table that is never updated, only INSERTED into. Is there a way 
>>I can prevent vacuum wasting time on this table
> 
> 
> What makes you think vacuum is wasting much time on this table?  AFAICS
> it will only update any unfixed hint bits ...
> 
> 			regards, tom lane

INFO:  "elog": found 0 removable, 12869411 nonremovable row versions in 
196195 pages
DETAIL:  0 dead row versions cannot be removed yet.
There were 5 unused item pointers.
0 pages are entirely empty.
CPU 31.61s/4.53u sec elapsed 1096.83 sec.

It took 1096.83 seconds, and what did it accomplish?  And what are hint 
bits?