Re: Question about VACUUM

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.

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Josh Berkus
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