bkrug wrote: > The problem I'm facing is that I have many large (several GB) tables that are > not being changed (they are several days old) but auto-vacuum keeps scanning > and updating them every time the xid wraps around and thus my rsync back-up > process sees that the disk files have changed and must copy them. We have considered changing this, but it needs a concerted effort. It's not a simple problem. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance