On 09-Jun-2011, at 8:29 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Pavan Deolasee
>> <pavan.deolasee@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I am wondering if we shouldn't be asking ourselves a different
>>>> question: why is ANALYZE running long enough on your tables for this
>>>> to become an issue? How long is it taking?
>
>>> The log file attached in the first post has the details; it's taking around 5 mins for the accounts table with 50
scalefactor and 50 clients
>
>> Wow, that's slow. Still, what if the user were doing a transaction of
>> comparable size? It's not like ANALYZE is doing a gigantic amount of
>> work.
>
> I wonder what vacuum cost delay settings are in use ...
>
Default settings with 512Mb shared buffers
Thanks.
Pavan
