Re: Enhancement request

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Enhancement request
Date: 2007-12-05 16:02:35
Message-ID: 4756CB9B.3050301@commandprompt.com
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Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> I am curious however, as to what the future vision of autovacuum is.
> Will it be so efficient that it won't impact all but the busiest tables?
> Will it be able to figure out the best time to vacuum on its own?

I believe maintenance windows are on the horizon. Of course it seems
that instead of focusing on that, we should just put in a generic job
manager.

> Will it stop itself mid-run if the need arises?

Man I would love this one... coupled with a just enough vacuum. E.g; it
calculates a percentage it needs to vacuum, and only vacuums that much.
Leaving dead tuples behind.

Joshua D. Drake

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