pg 7.0.2-2 vacuum slowness / loop? (fwd)

Has anyone any suggestions for dealing with this, please?

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Date:    Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:06:48 +0200
From:    "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <jdassen@cistron.nl>
To:      Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
Subject: pg 7.0.2-2 vacuum slowness / loop?

Hi Oliver,

I'm currently encountering problems using postgresql 7.0.2-2 on a potato
system: PostgreSQL works fine, except that vacuuming seems to loop or take a
/very/ long time.  I'm working on a dual PIII 500 Mhz machine with a
database of approx. 1.5 million records in a single table. An attempt to
vacuum the databases on this machine started on friday evening, and still
hasn't finished.

Do you have any suggestions on how to deal with this, tests which you'd like
to seen run etc.?

Greetings & TIA,,
Ray
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