Re: postgres eating CPU on HP9000

> Marcus,
>
>> We are experiencing exactly the same problem here, and we use 7.4 on
>> Linux/i386 SMP (2 processors). Our databases does even more access:
>> about 30k selects per hour, 10k updates and inserts per hour
>>
>> Vacuum analyze is done daily.
>
> What is your max_fsm_pages setting?     If you are getting 10,000
> updates per  hour, daily VACUUM ANALYZE may not be enough.
>

max_fsm_pages is set to 500000

> Also do you run VACUUM ANALYZE as a superuser, or as a regular user?
>

As a regular user (database owner). Is thery any difference when vacuuming
as a super user?

> --
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
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