Re: Autovacuum is running forever - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Autovacuum is running forever
Date
Msg-id 20070821215441.GA12717@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Autovacuum is running forever  ("Sachchida Ojha" <sojha@secure-elements.com>)
List pgsql-performance
Sachchida Ojha wrote:

> vacuum_cost_delay                               = 200

That is absurdly high.  A setting of 10 is more likely to be useful.

> autovacuum_naptime                              = 3600

That is too high probably as well; particularly so if you have "updates
and deletes every second".

> #autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor         = 0.4
> #autovacuum_analyze_scale_factor = 0.2

These too.  Try 0.1 for both and see how it goes.

In short, you need autovacuum to run _way more often_ than you are.

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Alvaro Herrera                        http://www.advogato.org/person/alvherre
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