| From: | "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net> |
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| To: | Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)surnet(dot)cl>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Autovacuum in the backend |
| Date: | 2005-06-16 04:46:11 |
| Message-ID: | 42B10413.7030901@zeut.net |
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Gavin Sherry wrote:
>I guess my main concern is that we'll have a solution to the problem of
>dead tuples which is only half way there. It is only an incremental
>improvement upon the contrib module and solves only one real problem:
>users do not read up on VACUUM or autovacuum. This is at the expense of
>making it appear to be suitable for the general user base when it isn't,
>in my opinion. That isn't the fault of autovacuum but is a function of the
>cost of ordinary vacuum.
>
>
Would you mind expounding on why you think autovacuum isn't suitable for
the general public? I know it's not a silver bullet, but I think in
general, it will be helpful for most people.
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