On T, 2005-06-14 at 21:23 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> One goal for 8.1 is to move /contrib/pg_autovacuum in to the backend. I
> think it has to be done in four stages:
>
> o move it into the backend and have it start/stop automatically
> o move the autovacuum configuration parameters into postgresql.conf
> o modify the code to use the backend API for error recovery
> o modify the code to use the backend API utilities, like hashes
>
> Who would like to get started on this? It seems pretty straight-forward.
Can autovacuum yet be configured _not_ to run vacuum during some hours
or above some load ?
Even better - to stop or pause a long-running vacuum if load goes above
some limit.
If it goes into backend before the above is done, it should at least be
possible to switch it off completely.
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Hannu Krosing <hannu@skype.net>