Thanks tom that was very useful. just wondering what could be "Keep 0, UnUsed 205434" refer here. does that any of it impact in evaluvating the vaccum frequecy.
thanks, Shankar --- Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shankar K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm trying to evaluate the frequecy to run vacuum > > analyze on key tables. so if anyone could help me > to > > interpret the output of vacuum analyze verbose > output > > that would be great. > > > INFO: Removed 55448 tuples in 2367 pages. > > CPU 0.04s/0.11u sec elapsed 0.41 sec. > > INFO: Pages 11266: Changed 4, Empty 0; Tup 231: > Vac > > 55448, Keep 0, UnUsed 205434. > > This says that you have 231 live tuples versus 55448 > that were removed --- > in other words, less than one-half of one percent of > your table was > current data. You need to vacuum this table a LOT > more often than > you are doing. > > You will need a VACUUM FULL and a REINDEX to get the > table and index > physical sizes down to something reasonable, after > which a more rigorous > schedule of plain vacuums ought to keep things in > shape. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please > send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])