From: Magnus Hagander Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 17:43:27 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Remove outdated recommendation for manual VACUUM X-Git-Tag: REL_15_BETA2~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=27f953ea9901c08fb3e4064f9a31e07bc30c1e6d;p=postgresql.git Remove outdated recommendation for manual VACUUM We have had a working and tunable autovacuum for at least a decade now, so remove the recommendation to manually vacuum tables at least every night. Autovacuum is now also triggered by INSERTs, so we can also remove the recommendation to run VACUUM (ANALYZE) after lots of INSERTs or DELETEs. Instead, suggest using autovacuum by moving the respective paragraph up to where the importance of VACUUM is emphasized. Author: Laurenz Albe Reviewed-By: Magnus Hagander, Peter Geoghegan Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/6f5e3da98fec14640f389d7b84c3b413833697f4.camel@cybertec.at --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml index 3df32b58ee6..c582021d29d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml @@ -377,15 +377,11 @@ VACUUM [ FULL ] [ FREEZE ] [ VERBOSE ] [ ANALYZE ] [ . @@ -412,12 +408,6 @@ VACUUM [ FULL ] [ FREEZE ] [ VERBOSE ] [ ANALYZE ] [ . - Each backend running VACUUM without the FULL option will report its progress in the