If I see VACUUM ANALYZE VERBOSE output like this... INFO: --Relation public.foo-- INFO: Index idx_foo_bar: Pages 219213; Tuples 28007: Deleted 9434. CPU 17.05s/4.58u sec elapsed 3227.62 sec. ...am I correct in reading this to say that it took more than 53 minutes (3227 secs) to get 17 seconds of CPU time? Is this an indicator of possible I/O contention? What else would account for this if my CPUs are clearly not very busy? TIA. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend