> Because 'maintenance' operations were rarer, so we figured we could use > more memory in those cases.
Once we brought Autovacuum into core, though, we should have changed that. However, I agree with Magnus that the simple course is to have an autovacuum_worker_memory setting which overrides maint_work_mem if set. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
