When do I Vacuum ?

From: "Steve Brett" <steve(dot)brett(at)e-mis(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: When do I Vacuum ?
Date: 2001-12-03 12:03:46
Message-ID: 9ufpug$217v$1@news.tht.net
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hi,

I've got a DB driven web application which currently has approx 298 inserts
per day and 540 edits/deletes.

This figure will change daily and currently i have a cron job set up to
vacuum the database every hour during 'work time':

0 7-19/1,23 * * * /usr/local/pgsql/bin/vacuumdb -z -d edb
30 7-19/4,23 * * * /backup/dumpit

I've also started reading Bruce's book (and what a fine book it is ... :-)
and noticed that he suggests vacuuming once a day when the db is quiet.

Would this be sufficient ? The database drives a web based
calendar/appointment booking/reporting system i've written in php and is
used extensively by 3 departments and has approx 200 people log in each day.

Needless to say speed it paramount but I've got a sneaky feeling I might be
vacuuming too often ....

Many thanks for you help,

Steve

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