* Reduces the total amount of time the system spends vacuuming since
it only vacuums when needed.
Can be easily done with cron.
* Keeps stats up-to-date automatically
Which can be done with cron
* Eliminates newbie confusion
RTFM
* Eliminates one of the criticisms that the public has against
PostgreSQL (justifed or not)
Agreed.
I few weeks ago I have set up a database with more than 1.800 tables
(some complex business thing). inventing a clever cron-vacuum strategy
is almost impossible (or at least very painful). there should be a
mechanism (fortunately there is pg_autovacuum) to make this a bit more
practical.
in case of small databases this is not an issue.
small is always simple. complex and large are the major challenges.
best regards,
hans
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