> On Sep 22, 2021, at 12:48 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> 
> "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> writes:
>> There is no where clause so I'm doubtful there is much to be gained going
>> down this path.  The Index-Only scan seems like an optimal way to obtain
>> this data and the existing query already does that.
> 
> The "index-only" scan is reported to do 86m heap fetches along the
> way to returning 812m rows, so the data is apparently pretty dirty.
> It's possible that a preliminary VACUUM to get page-all-visible hint
> bits set would be a net win.

I do have autovaccum turned on, but perhaps I need to do a manual? The initial 
population of the database was accomplished via logical replication from a 
different database cluster (needed to move this database to more dedicated 
hardware), so perhaps that left the database in a state that autovaccum doesn’t 
address? Or perhaps my autovaccum settings aren’t kosher - I haven’t adjusted 
that portion of the config any.

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Israel Brewster
Software Engineer
Alaska Volcano Observatory 
Geophysical Institute - UAF 
2156 Koyukuk Drive 
Fairbanks AK 99775-7320
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> 
>                       regards, tom lane



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