Is there any
functionality contained in vacuum that is
not contained in pg_autovacuum?
Suggestion:
Modify the
base schema for tables and add a timestamp column for the last vacuum
operation, and a timestamp for the last vacuum analyze. Finally, a
timestamp for the last time that the data was modified via insert update or
delete would be handy (but I realize that this timestamp might be
problematic).
With that
data, a crude autovacuum could be generated periodically whether or not
statistics were enabled.
