>
> Is Postgresql ready for 24/7 uptime? Our tests have shown that vacuumdb
> requires downtime, and if one does this nightly as suggested, well, one has
> downtime, 40+ minutes in our case.
>
> My company wants to replace MS SQL Server with PostgreSQL, but we can't
> afford downtime to do database maintenance. Is it possible that we are doing
> something wrong?
>
> What are the plans for future versions of pgsql? Will vacuum be optomized or
> otherwise enhanced to execute more quickly and/or not lock tables?
We hope to eliminate that downtime in 7.2.
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