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Patch to mention cost-based delay in vacuum reference
Alvaro Herrera
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doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml

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<!--
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml,v 1.36 2004/12/02 19:28:48 tgl Exp $
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml,v 1.37 2005/07/30 15:45:49 momjian Exp $
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PostgreSQL documentation
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to occupy less disk space. <command>VACUUM FULL</command> will usually
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shrink the table more than a plain <command>VACUUM</command> would.
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</para>
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<para>
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During <command>VACUUM</command> execution, there can be a substantial
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increase in I/O traffic, which cause poor performance for other active
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sessions. Therefore, it is sometimes advisable to use
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the cost-based vacuum delay feature. See <xref
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linkend="runtime" endterm="runtime-config-resource-vacuum-cost"> for more
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details.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<simplelist type="inline">
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<member><xref linkend="app-vacuumdb" endterm="app-vacuumdb-title"></member>
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<member><xref linkend="runtime" endterm="runtime-config-resource-vacuum-cost"></member>
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</simplelist>
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</refentry>

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