Re: Autovacuum Improvements - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Chris Browne
Subject Re: Autovacuum Improvements
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Msg-id 604prr3h4v.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com
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In response to Second attempt, roll your own autovacuum  (Glen Parker <glenebob@nwlink.com>)
Responses Re: Autovacuum Improvements  ("Peter Childs" <peterachilds@gmail.com>)
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matthew@zeut.net ("Matthew O'Connor") writes:
> 2) Once we can have multiple autovacuum workers: Create the concept of
> hot tables that require more attention and should never be ignored for
> more that X minutes, perhaps have one "autovacuum worker" per hot
> table? (What do people think of this?)

One worker per "hot table" seems like overkill to me; you could chew
up a lot of connections that way, which could be a DOS.

That you have a "foot gun" is guaranteed; I think I'd rather that it
come in the form that choosing the "hot list" badly hurts the rate of
vacuuming than that we have a potential to chew up numbers of
connections (which is a relatively non-renewable resource).
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