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Re: New GUC autovacuum_max_threshold ?

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>

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From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Sami Imseih <samimseih@gmail.com>
Cc: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>, Frédéric Yhuel <frederic.yhuel@dalibo.com>, wenhui qiu <qiuwenhuifx@gmail.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, "Imseih (AWS), Sami" <simseih@amazon.com>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>, Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>, Michael Banck <mbanck@gmx.net>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>, Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-01-14T02:09:05Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 05:17:11PM -0600, Sami Imseih wrote:
> I propose renaming the GUC from "autovacuum_max_threshold" to
> "autovacuum_vacuum_max_threshold" to clarify that it applies only
> to the vacuum operation performed by autovacuum, not to the analyze operation.
> This will also align with naming for other related GUCs, i.e.,
> "autovacuum_analyze_threshold" and "autovacuum_vacuum_threshold."
> 
> The "vacuum threshold" calculation described in [1] will also need to be
> updated.

Good call.  Here is an updated patch.

-- 
nathan

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  1. Introduce autovacuum_vacuum_max_threshold.

  2. Consolidate docs for vacuum-related GUCs in new subsection