Marcus, > We are experiencing exactly the same problem here, and we use 7.4 on > Linux/i386 SMP (2 processors). Our databases does even more access: > about 30k selects per hour, 10k updates and inserts per hour > > Vacuum analyze is done daily.
What is your max_fsm_pages setting? If you are getting 10,000 updates per hour, daily VACUUM ANALYZE may not be enough. Also do you run VACUUM ANALYZE as a superuser, or as a regular user? -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(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