Re: vacuum locking

Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com>

From: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-10-22T18:46:26Z
Lists: pgsql-performance
>>>>> "RN" == Rob Nagler <nagler@bivio.biz> writes:

RN> This solution doesn't really fix the fact that VACUUM consumes the
RN> disk while it is running.  I want to avoid the erratic performance on
RN> my web server when VACUUM is running.

What's the disk utilization proir to running vacuum?  If it is
hovering around 95% or more of capacity, of course you're gonna
overwhelm it.

This ain't Star Trek -- the engines can't run at 110%, Cap'n!


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