Re: [HACKERS] Re: [GENERAL] Large database - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: [GENERAL] Large database
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Msg-id 22816.934921898@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] Large database  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> do you know why vacuum can consume an enormous amount of core when cleaning
>> a large table?

> Can someone comment on the high memory usage of vacuum?

First thing that comes to mind is memory leaks for palloc'd data
types...

What exactly is the declaration of the table that's causing the problem?
        regards, tom lane


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