On 12/11/2013 09:57 AM, Robert Haas wrote: > I don't agree with that assessment. Anything that involves changing > the scheduling of autovacuum is a major project that will legitimately > provoke much controversy. Extensive testing will be needed to prove > that the new algorithm doesn't perform worse than the current > algorithm in any important cases. I have my doubts about whether that > can be accomplished in an entire release cycle, let alone 2-3 days. > In contrast, the patch proposed does something that is easy to > understand, clearly safe, and an improvement over what we have now.
+1 There is an inherent tuning and troubleshooting challenge in anything involving a feedback loop. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers