Re: pg_autovacuum next steps - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: pg_autovacuum next steps
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Msg-id 200403220137.38483.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to pg_autovacuum next steps  ("Matthew T. O'Connor" <matthew@zeut.net>)
Responses Re: pg_autovacuum next steps  (Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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Matthew T. O'Connor wrote:
> Lately I have been thinking about the next steps for the
> pg_autovacuum daemon.  I have written up a document that describes
> what I'm planning to do next.   Please read the attached and response
> as I would really like some feedback.

I think these configuration issues will become a lot easier if you make 
the autovacuum daemon a subprocess of the postmaster (like, say, the 
checkpoint process).  Then you have access to a host of methods for 
storing state, handling configuration, etc.



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