Re: Degrading performance

"scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> writes:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> INFO:  Rel ifdata: Pages: 4887 --> 17; Tuple(s) moved: 776.
>>> CPU 0.30s/0.35u sec elapsed 1.65 sec.
>>
>> That says you waited way too long to vacuum --- over two hundred update
>> cycles, evidently.

> Don't forget to crank up your fsm settings in $PGDATA/postgresql.conf as
> well.

The table's not very big though.  As long as he keeps after it with
sufficiently-frequent vacuuming, it won't need much FSM space.

            regards, tom lane