Re: Vacuum Question

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: brianb <brianb-pggeneral(at)evoserve(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Vacuum Question
Date: 2000-06-02 05:32:42
Message-ID: 200006020532.BAA14300@candle.pha.pa.us
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> I have a Postgres application that must run 24x7. If postgres needs to be
> vacuumed periodically, must I take the application offline completely, or
> is it enough to disallow write (INSERT/UPDATE) access while allowing read
> access?
>
> I hope it is the latter, as I have a large amount of data and there are
> transactions going on all the time.

Applications will hang until the vacuum is completed. No changes
required.

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