Re: vacuum and postgresql.conf settings - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Francisco Reyes
Subject Re: vacuum and postgresql.conf settings
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Msg-id cone.1181932541.733860.53974.5001@35st.simplicato.com
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In response to vacuum and postgresql.conf settings  (Walter Vaughan <wvaughan@steelerubber.com>)
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Walter Vaughan writes:


> Well, why did it only scan 3000 pages out of 5033? It decided it didn't need to?
> It took a sample and decided it was gonna be okay?

I don't know. Hopefully others with more knowledge can answer.

I think it could be because the pages did not need to be looked at.
Perhaps the database tracks whether a page has deleted information and those
are the ones that vacuum looks into.

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