On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 5:37 PM, Alexander Shchapov <alexanderad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Michael Paquier > <michael.paquier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> What would be more interesting would be like the heap to get >> information on the index block being cleaned up with reports being >> done via index_bulk_delete(). That's more work, and that would be more >> helpful than just a number. >> >> So patches welcome. > > Thanks for the reply and a tip, Michael. > Do I get it correctly, that you suggesting to calculate something like > index_blks_total and increment index_blks_vacuumed? Something like that may be helpful as vacuum is basically triggering a bulk deletion on the indexes vacuumed. What makes the thing tricky is how to integrate that correctly with index AMs. So while it can be done, it deserves careful thoughts. -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general