Re: BUG #12834: Avoiding Disk Control Writes for better Laptop / SSD compatibility. pgstats - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Bryce Nesbitt wrote:

> That all sounded really reasonable.    So I checked into turning off vac
> for this particular laptop
> and discovered:
>
> /etc/postgresql/9.3/main/postgresql.conf
> #autovacuum = on
> #autovacuum_naptime = 1min
>
> (At Ubuntu's default).

You need to uncomment and set off.

> So autovacuum is *not the droid we're looking for...*

Use "SHOW autovacuum" in psql to avoid being confounded by
mind-controlling superpowers.

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