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From: scott.marlowe <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>
To: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com>
Cc: Medi Montaseri <medi.montaseri@intransa.com>
Cc: pgsql General List <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Closing inactive connections OR user connections limits
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 12:32:40 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0211201229040.21101-100000@css120.ihs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021120135345.S30106-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Francisco Reyes wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Medi Montaseri wrote:
> 
> > In 7.2, you can run the vacuum in parallel with other database activities...
> 
> As far as I know this is not the case for "vacuum full".

The thing that blocks vacuum full are pending transactions.  If the 
connections aren't holding open a transaction the vacuum full will run 
just fine.

For most folks, daily / hourly vacuums (not full vacuums) in 7.2 are 
all you need, with a weekly or so vacuum full.





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