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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
Cc: Bhella Paramjeet-PFCW67 <PBhella@motorola.com>, pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
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Alvaro Herrera escribió:

> Also, keep in mind that max_workers is a new setting in 8.3.  Since the
> OP is running 8.2, he can only get one "worker".  Presumable he needs to
> disable autovac for those two very active tables and setup a cron job to
> process them in their own schedule.

Err, sorry, "she", not "he".

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