Commit 2ab9997e authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Patch to mention cost-based delay in vacuum reference

Alvaro Herrera
parent 1f54d430
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PostgreSQL documentation
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......@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ VACUUM [ FULL | FREEZE ] [ VERBOSE ] ANALYZE [ <replaceable class="PARAMETER">ta
to occupy less disk space. <command>VACUUM FULL</command> will usually
shrink the table more than a plain <command>VACUUM</command> would.
</para>
<para>
During <command>VACUUM</command> execution, there can be a substantial
increase in I/O traffic, which cause poor performance for other active
sessions. Therefore, it is sometimes advisable to use
the cost-based vacuum delay feature. See <xref
linkend="runtime" endterm="runtime-config-resource-vacuum-cost"> for more
details.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
......@@ -229,6 +238,7 @@ VACUUM
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="app-vacuumdb" endterm="app-vacuumdb-title"></member>
<member><xref linkend="runtime" endterm="runtime-config-resource-vacuum-cost"></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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