X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6037F9FB1FB for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 05:14:23 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 84740-03 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 05:14:16 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from cassarossa.samfundet.no (cassarossa.samfundet.no [129.241.93.19]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFE1C9FB1EF for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 05:14:16 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [2001:700:300:dc0f:216:3eff:fe40:5a47] (helo=trofast.sesse.net) by cassarossa.samfundet.no with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Fz7x7-0003eq-K3 for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Sat, 08 Jul 2006 10:14:14 +0200 Received: from sesse by trofast.sesse.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Fz7wC-0001gf-00 for ; Sat, 08 Jul 2006 10:13:16 +0200 Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 10:13:16 +0200 From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: VACUUM vs. REINDEX Message-ID: <20060708081316.GB6396@uio.no> Mail-Followup-To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org References: <6.2.3.0.2.20060707145857.0342ca58@mail.pandimensional.com> <6.2.3.0.2.20060707163917.06ae3ea8@mail.brownpapertickets.com> <6.2.3.0.2.20060707174316.0742f670@mail.brownpapertickets.com> <1d219a6f0607071828q1d63fe55k8a1faeccf03b0884@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1d219a6f0607071828q1d63fe55k8a1faeccf03b0884@mail.gmail.com> X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.16trofastxen on a x86_64 X-Message-Flag: Outlook? --> http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200607/82 X-Sequence-Number: 19942 On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:28:52PM -0400, Chris Hoover wrote: > You need to increase your fsm settings. The database is telling you it is > trying to store 177K+ pages, but you have only provided it with 20K. Since > these pages are cheap, I would set your fsm up with at least the following. While we're at it, is there a good reason why we simply aren't upping the FSM defaults? It seems like a lot of people are being bitten by it, and adding more pages and relations is as you say cheap... /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/