X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46B3DD1C4C8 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 07:19:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 52980-02 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 04:18:47 -0300 (ADT) Received: from smtp.pspl.co.in (unknown [202.54.11.65]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DCB4D1C4D0 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 04:19:42 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from root@localhost) by smtp.pspl.co.in (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h6T7HrpW003006 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:47:53 +0530 Received: from daithan (daithan.intranet.pspl.co.in [192.168.7.161]) (authenticated bits=0) by persistent.co.in (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6T7HqRZ002993 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:47:52 +0530 From: "Shridhar Daithankar" To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:51:30 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Optimization Reply-To: shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in Message-ID: <3F266DD2.30197.46AAB7A@localhost> In-reply-to: References: <3F2666E7.7231.44FA68B@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.12a) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200307/458 X-Sequence-Number: 2751 On 29 Jul 2003 at 8:14, Peter Childs wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > > > On 28 Jul 2003 at 12:27, Josh Berkus wrote: > > > Unless you're running PostgreSQL 7.1 or earlier, you should be VACUUMing every > > > 10-15 minutes, not every 2-3 hours. Regular VACUUM does not lock your > > > database. You will also want to increase your FSM_relations so that VACUUM > > > is more effective/efficient; again, see the articles. > > > > There is an auto-vacuum daemon in contrib and if I understand it correctly, it > > is not getting much of a field testing. How about you guys installing it and > > trying it? > > If there is such a daemon, what is it called? As I can't see it. > Is it part of gborg? It is in sources. See contrib module in postgresql CVS, 7.4 beta if you prefer to wait till announement. It is called as pgavd.. Bye Shridhar -- squatcho, n.: The button at the top of a baseball cap. -- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends