X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A019DC807 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:29:39 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 84828-07 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:29:40 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from vscan01.westnet.com.au (vscan01.westnet.com.au [203.10.1.131]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A1B49DC870 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:29:35 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA0C4760CC5; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:29:36 +0800 (WST) Received: from vscan01.westnet.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (vscan01.westnet.com.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 08818-11; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:29:36 +0800 (WST) Received: from [202.72.133.22] (dsl-202-72-133-22.wa.westnet.com.au [202.72.133.22]) by vscan01.westnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 634B176090B; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:29:36 +0800 (WST) Message-ID: <43CCC711.504@familyhealth.com.au> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:29:37 +0800 From: Christopher Kings-Lynne User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Riess CC: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Autovacuum / full vacuum References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.064 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.064] X-Spam-Score: 0.064 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200601/219 X-Sequence-Number: 16697 > So my question is: What's the use of an autovacuum daemon if I still > have to use a cron job to do full vacuums? wouldn't it just be a minor > job to enhance autovacuum to be able to perform full vacuums, if one > really wants it to do that - even if some developers think that it's the > wrong approach? You should never have to do full vacuums... Chris