Andrew - Supernews wrote:
>On 2005-08-01, "Matthew T. O'Connor" <matthew@zeut.net> wrote:
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>>>* Stop a running VACUUM if the system load is too high.
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>>What if vacuum used a vacuum delay that was equal to the vacuum delay
>>GUC settings * the system load. Or something more sophisticated but
>>this would have the effect of having vacuum automatically throttle down
>>when the system gets busy and throttle back up when the system gets
>>quiet. We would probably set some min / max values but it sounds
>>interesting, thoughts?
>>
>>
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>I'd be very concerned about feedback loop stability; insufficient
>vacuuming can increase the system load, causing vacuum to get further
>behind...
>
Right which is why we would need to enforce some max value so that
vacuuming will never be totally squeezed out.