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From Kevin Grittner
Subject Re: Seeking performance advice and explanation for high I/O on 8.3
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In response to Re: Seeking performance advice and explanation for high I/O on 8.3  ("Scott Otis" <scott.otis@intand.com>)
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"Scott Otis" <scott.otis@intand.com> wrote:

> So is there anything I can do in 8.3 to help this?  I have tried
> setting 'track_activities', 'track_counts' and 'autovacuum' to 'off'
> (which has reduced CPU and I/O a bit)

You're going to regret that very soon, unless you are *very* sure you
have adequate manual vacuums scheduled.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/routine-vacuuming.html

-Kevin

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