Assuming that autovacuum is off in 8,2 and upwards versions, would I still have to do a database-wide vacuumdb OR would vacuuming individual tables that are permanent be sufficient to take care of XID wraparound?
2009/8/11 Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com>: > Anj Adu escribió: >> Reason we dont turn on autovacuum is that we are a "high-volume" >> insert shop with minimal updates..We have about 200 million inserts >> and a few thousand updates only. Most tables are partitions and get >> dropped as part of the purge. Hence..autovacuum is a waste of >> resources. However...the XID issue will force the need for an >> autovacuum at some point..hence we do it as a one-off occasionally. > > Hmm, in 8.2 you won't need to vacuum any tables that you drop or > truncate. Only permanent tables will need to be vacuumed once in a > while. > > -- > Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ > The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. > -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
