Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Nicolas Bazin wrote:
> From what I read in the recent exchanges in the PostgreSQL vs ORACLE thread it would seem a good idea for the backend to keep track of the number of update performed on a database and after a certain threshold start a vacuum in a separate process by itself.
>> Any comments?
> Yes, makes sense to me, especially now that we have a nolocking vacuum.
> Tom, do you have any ideas on this?
There's a TODO item about this already.
* Provide automatic scheduling of background vacuum (Tom)
regards, tom lane