Thread: Re: max_fsm_pages question

Joe,

> Regarding the document at
> http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/Tidbits/perf.html#maxfsmp
>
> In section 3.3 you say max_fsm_pages should be set to the number of pages
> that vacuum reports.  Does that apply to table pages only or both table and
> index pages?  Because I'm finding my index pages are a lot more than the
> table pages.

Depends on which version you're using.  As of 7.4 (now in beta), both ... this
is a major feature for 7.4, which should reduce the need to REINDEX
significantly.

For 7.3.3 and earlier, table pages only.

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco