X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA7299FA2D4 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:08:35 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 07521-01 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:08:30 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net (vms044pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.44]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8451A9FA0FD for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:08:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([72.66.19.85]) by vms044.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0J5L00DAUXQ0FBT2@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:08:25 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5720C6EA11 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:08:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (osgiliath.home.mathom.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 4+HkCsspRWF9 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:08:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 51BEB700FA; Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:08:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:08:21 -0400 From: Michael Stone Subject: Re: Vacuums on large busy databases In-reply-to: To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Mail-followup-to: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-id: <20060915000818.GO6030@mathom.us> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mathom.us X-Pgp-Fingerprint: 53 FF 38 00 E7 DD 0A 9C 84 52 84 C5 EE DF 7C 88 References: <56FA8838-6DEA-4505-990D-85D5EDA26243@fastcrypt.com> <470FED70-B3BA-4B6C-A6B1-DFD8882746B2@fastcrypt.com> <20060914204220.GL6030@mathom.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.134 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO, SPF_PASS X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200609/187 X-Sequence-Number: 20873 On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 08:04:39PM -0400, Francisco Reyes wrote: >Wasn't trying to get an accurate value, just a ballpark figure. Won't even be a ballpark. >When you say "free" are you refering to the free value from top? or some >program called free? Depends on your OS. Mike Stone