On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 10:40:43AM +0100, Gábor Farkas wrote:
> we are moving one database from postgresql-7.4 to postgresql-8.2.4.
any particular reason why not 8.2.5?
>
> my question is: is it recommended to use it? or in other words, should i
> only use autovacuum? or it's better to use manual-vacuuming? which one
> is the "way of the future" :) ? or should i use both auto-vacuum and
> manual-vacuum?
autovacuum is definitely prefered (for most of the cases).
you might want to set vacuum delays though.
depesz
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