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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Question about VACUUM
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:13:54 -0500
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On 12/5/11 1:36 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> I understand the impulse to run autovacuum less frequently or less
> aggressively.  When we first started running PostgreSQL the default
> configuration was very cautious.

The default settings are deliberately cautious, as default settings
should be.

But yes, anyone with a really large/high-traffic database will often
want to make autovac more aggressive.

-- 
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com



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