On Mon, 2019-09-23 at 13:53 -0600, Michael Lewis wrote: > > - For tables that receive only INSERTs, schedule a regular VACUUM > > with "cron" or similar. Unfortunately, PostgreSQL isn't very > > smart > > about vacuuming insert-only tables. > > > What is the need to vacuum on an insert only table? Does that just > maintain the freespace map? No, the idea is to get rows frozen *before* autovacuum launches an anti-wraparound vacuum. You could launch VACUUM (FREEZE) for best effect. This way you can schedule the operation so that it doesn't interfere with your other activities. Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com
