Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52AB39FB6D6 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 11:01:16 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06697-10 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 11:01:03 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 192BF9FB70B for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 11:01:08 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l4NE16R6019961; Wed, 23 May 2007 10:01:06 -0400 (EDT) To: Susan Russo cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org, harvsys@morgan.harvard.edu Subject: Re: does VACUUM ANALYZE complete with this error? In-reply-to: <200705231326.l4NDQsX0000426@larrys.harvard.edu> References: <200705231326.l4NDQsX0000426@larrys.harvard.edu> Comments: In-reply-to Susan Russo message dated "Wed, 23 May 2007 09:26:54 -0400" Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 10:01:06 -0400 Message-ID: <19960.1179928866@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200705/450 X-Sequence-Number: 24840 Susan Russo writes: > We're seeing these type of error messages: > NOTICE: number of page slots needed (237120) exceeds max_fsm_pages (120000) > HINT: Consider increasing the configuration parameter "max_fsm_pages" to a value over 237120. > vacuumdb: vacuuming database "fb_2007_01_17" > I've played 'catch up' wrt adjusting max_fsm_pages (seems to be a regular event), What PG version is that? I recall we fixed a problem recently that caused the requested max_fsm_pages to increase some more when you'd increased it to what the message said. regards, tom lane