On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 18:08 +0200, Edoardo Ceccarelli wrote: > > I have read that autovacuum cannot check to see pg load before > launching > vacuum but is there any patch about it? that would sort out the > problem > in a good and simple way. In some cases the solution to high load is to vacuum the tables being hit the heaviest -- meaning that simply checking machine load isn't enough to make that decision. In fact, that high load problem is exactly why autovacuum was created in the first place. --