"Steven Flatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Having said that, what kinds of things should I be looking for that could
> deteriorate/bloat over time? Ordinarily the culprit might be infrequent
> vacuuming or analyzing, but that wouldn't be corrected by a restart of
> Postgres. In our case, restarting Postgres gives us a huge performance
> improvement (for a short while, anyways).
Do you actually need to restart the postmaster, or is just starting a
fresh session (fresh backend) sufficient? And again, have you monitored
the backend process to see if it's bloating memory-wise or open-file-wise?
regards, tom lane
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