Rob, > vacuum_mem might be slowing down the system? But if I reduce it, > won't vacuuming get slower?
Yes, but it will have less of an impact on the system while it's running. > INFO: Removed 8368 tuples in 427 pages. > CPU 0.06s/0.04u sec elapsed 1.54 sec. > INFO: Pages 24675: Changed 195, Empty 0; Tup 1031519: Vac 8368, Keep 254, > UnUsed 1739. Total CPU 2.92s/2.58u sec elapsed 65.35 sec. > > INFO: Removed 232 tuples in 108 pages. > CPU 0.01s/0.02u sec elapsed 0.27 sec. > INFO: Pages 74836: Changed 157, Empty 0; Tup 4716475: Vac 232, Keep 11, > UnUsed 641. > Total CPU 10.19s/6.03u sec elapsed 261.44 sec. What sort of disk array do you have? That seems like a lot of time considering how little work VACUUM is doing. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster