> I intend to work on the maintenance window idea for 8.3. I'm not sure > if I'll be able to introduce the worker process stuff in there as well. > I actually haven't done much design on the stuff so I can't say. Something to consider, per-day maintenance windows, where Sat & Sun could have 24-hour window, and trying to vacuum largest tables during longest windows. This wouldn't work for every server, but for many... -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice