On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Matt Clark wrote: > *** THE QUESTION(S) *** > Is there any reason for me not to run continuous sequential vacuum analyzes? > At least for the 6 tables that see a lot of updates? > I hear 10% of tuples updated as a good time to vac-an, but does my typical > count of 3 indexes per table affect that?
Generally, the only time continuous vacuuming is a bad thing is when you are I/O bound. If you are CPU bound, then continuous vacuuming is usually acceptable. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match