Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A0EE64FD03 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:02:27 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 78161-04 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:02:24 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1895B64FC6F for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:02:23 -0300 (ADT) Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (200-126-101-5.bk7-dsl.surnet.cl [200.126.101.5]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m9VG6VAw007496 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:06:34 -0700 Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 89F3D47CBD; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:02:13 -0300 (CLST) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:02:13 -0300 From: Alvaro Herrera To: Rafael Domiciano Cc: isabella.ghiurea@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca, pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: autovacuum questions Message-ID: <20081031160213.GC10668@alvh.no-ip.org> References: <490B2161.1070502@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> <3a0028490810310832t2972fb95l6c8d01e7895c1b6c@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <3a0028490810310832t2972fb95l6c8d01e7895c1b6c@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:06:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200810/196 X-Sequence-Number: 30652 Rafael Domiciano escribió: > The vacuum is not full, to run a full vacuum you need to set a cron job; > better to run at the night. Doing VACUUM FULL on crontab is rarely a good idea. If you find yourself in a situation where you need VACUUM FULL, then you've not tuned regular vacuum appropriately. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.