Re: [HACKERS] More detail on settings for pgavd?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Chester Kustarz <chester(at)arbor(dot)net>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] More detail on settings for pgavd?
Date: 2003-11-20 19:20:24
Message-ID: 6000.1069356024@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Chester Kustarz <chester(at)arbor(dot)net> writes:
> i have some tables which are insert only. i do not want to vacuum them
> because there are never any dead tuples in them and the vacuum grows the
> indexes.

Those claims cannot both be true. In any case, plain vacuum cannot grow
the indexes --- only a VACUUM FULL that moves a significant number of
rows could cause index growth.

> vacuum is to reclaim dead tuples. this means it depends on update and
> delete. analyze depends on data values/distribution. this means it depends on
> insert, update, and delete. thus the dependencies are slightly different
> between the 2 operations, an so you can come up with use-cases that
> justify running either more frequently.

Agreed.

regards, tom lane

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