Re: Startup process thrashing

Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com> writes:
> Not exactly.  What it said was "To avoid a database shutdown, execute a
> full-database VACUUM".  In that context, "full" means you vacuum
> everything in the database, but only regular VACUUM is needed.  VACUUM
> FULL, as you learned the hard way, is a more intensive operation, and it's
> not needed to resolve the problem you started with.  It's a somewhat
> unfortunately worded HINT.

Maybe we could rephrase it as "whole-database VACUUM"?

            regards, tom lane