It is not the db that's never used. Various tables in the db are never
used. This is a database that's been continually added to and modified
for ten years -- sometimes cruft accumulates.
It would be nice to get pg_dump activity out of the stats for another
reason --- pg_dump adds to the sequential scan activity, in a way that
does not represent the "typical" use of the database. Essentially
pg_dump is an atypical user of the database, so it's stats are
"different" than the rest of the activity.
Erik Jones wrote:
> I doubt it. From the server's perspective, pg_dump is just a client
> executing queries. If the db is never used, why are you continually
> backing it up?
>
> On Dec 16, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
>
>> But I think I'm getting clutter from the nightly backups. Is there a
>> way to keep pg_dump activity out of the statistics? I can think of
>> several reasons to want such activity excluded, not just this one.