On 12/5/11 1:36 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote: > I understand the impulse to run autovacuum less frequently or less > aggressively. When we first started running PostgreSQL the default > configuration was very cautious. The default settings are deliberately cautious, as default settings should be. But yes, anyone with a really large/high-traffic database will often want to make autovac more aggressive. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance