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From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@commandprompt.com>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Recommend dba maintenance tasks on a regular bases
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:40:19 -0400
Message-ID: <20080912164019.GD2171@commandprompt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200809121149.46137.barbara@turbocorp.com>
References: <200809121149.46137.barbara@turbocorp.com>

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:49:46AM -0400, Barbara Stephenson wrote:
> I have recommend the below to my group but not sure if reindexing should be 
> involved since autovacuum is on?  

No, there's no reason to reindex regularly if everything is working as
expected. 

> 
> How can I be sure auto vacumming is working fine? 

Check the pg_statitistic_all_tables entries in last_autovacuum and
last_autoanalyze.

A


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