From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: John Lister <john.lister-ps@kickstone.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: controlling autovacuum during the day.
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:47:05 -0500
Message-ID: <27759.1229521625@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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"John Lister" <john.lister-ps@kickstone.com> writes:
> I'd like to use autovacuum to clean up the tables rather than schedule a
> full vacuum with cron as it will be more selective/intelligent about what
> gets cleaned. But is it possible to stop it running during peak/office
> hours?
No. Instead, set the vacuum cost parameters to make it run slow enough
to not interfere too much with your work.
regards, tom lane
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