Re: Performance Anomalies in 7.4.5 - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Matthew T. O'Connor
Subject Re: Performance Anomalies in 7.4.5
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Msg-id 417977EE.8050207@zeut.net
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In response to Re: Performance Anomalies in 7.4.5  (Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>)
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Andrew Sullivan wrote:

>>Probably the most severe objection to doing things this way is that the
>>selected plan could change unexpectedly as a result of the physical
>>table size changing.  Right now the DBA can keep tight rein on actions
>>that might affect plan selection (ie, VACUUM and ANALYZE), but that
>>would go by the board with this.  OTOH, we seem to be moving towards
>>autovacuum, which also takes away any guarantees in this department.
>>
>>
>
>But aren't we requiring that we can disable autovacuum on some
>tables?
>
Yes that is the long term goal, but the autovac in 8.0 is still all or
nothing.

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