Decibel! escribió: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 09:49:37AM +0200, Ruben Rubio wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> db@xxxxxxxxxxxx escribi?: >>>> Last time I had this problem i solved it stopping website, restarting >>>> database, vacuumm it, run again website. But I guess this is going to >>>> happen again. >>>> >>>> I would like to detect and solve the problem. Any ideas to detect it? >>> Do you have very long transactions? Maybe some client that is connected >>> all the time that is idle in transaction? >> There should not be long transactions. I ll keep an eye on Idle transactions >> >> I m detecting it using: >> >> echo 'SELECT current_query FROM pg_stat_activity;' | >> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql vacadb | grep IDLE | wc -l > > If you're using VACUUM FULL, you're doing something wrong. :) I do a VACUUM FULL VERBOSE ANALYZE each day. I save all logs so I can check if vacuum is done properly.(it is) Run lazy > vacuum frequently enough (better yet, autovacuum, but cut all of 8.1's > autovac parameters in half), and make sure your FSM is big enough I checked that there is no warnings about FSM in logs. (also in logs from vacuum). Is it reliable? What do u mean for "cut all of 8.1's autovac parameters in half" Maybe default autovac parameters? > (periodic vacuumdb -av | tail is an easy way to check that). I ll keep an eye on it. > > Try a REINDEX. VACUUM FULL is especially hard on the indexes, and it's > easy for them to seriously bloat. Reindex is done everyday after VACUUM FULL VERBOSE ANALYZE. I save also the output averyday and save it into a log, and I can check that it is done properly. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate