On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 07:04:45PM +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > I am slightly confused here. IIRC pg_autovacuum never did a vacuum full. At > the most it does vacuum /vacuum analyse, none of which chew disk bandwidth.
The latter is false. VACUUM FULL certainly uses _more_ disk bandwidth than VACUUM, but it's just false that plain VACUUM doesn't contend for disk. And if you're already maxed, then that extra bandwidth you cannot afford. A -- ---- Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street Afilias Canada Toronto, Ontario Canada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M2P 2A8 +1 416 646 3304 x110 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend