From: Markus Schaber <schabi@logix-tt.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Cc: me@alternize.com
Subject: Re: new to postgres (and db management) and performance
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:33:41 +0100
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Hi, Tom,
Tom Lane wrote:
>>in our db system (for a website), i notice performance boosts after a vacuum
>>full. but then, a VACUUM FULL takes 50min+ during which the db is not really
>>accessible to web-users. is there another way to perform maintenance tasks
>>AND leaving the db fully operable and accessible?
>
> You're not doing regular vacuums often enough.
It may also help to increase the max_fsm_pages setting, so postmaster
has more memory to remember freed pages between VACUUMs.
HTH,
Markus
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