Re: Recommend dba maintenance tasks on a regular bases

From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Recommend dba maintenance tasks on a regular bases
Date: 2008-09-12 16:40:19
Message-ID: 20080912164019.GD2171@commandprompt.com
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:49:46AM -0400, Barbara Stephenson wrote:
> I have recommend the below to my group but not sure if reindexing should be
> involved since autovacuum is on?

No, there's no reason to reindex regularly if everything is working as
expected.

>
> How can I be sure auto vacumming is working fine?

Check the pg_statitistic_all_tables entries in last_autovacuum and
last_autoanalyze.

A

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