Re: VACUUM (DISABLE_PAGE_SKIPPING on)

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 8:02 PM Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 17:59, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 12:54 PM Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > > Patches attached.
> > > 1. vacuum_anti_wraparound.v2.patch
> > > 2. vacuumdb_anti_wrap.v1.patch - depends upon (1)
> >
> > I don't like the use of ANTI_WRAPAROUND as a name for this new option.
> > Wouldn't it make more sense to call it AGGRESSIVE? Or maybe something
> > else, but I dislike anti-wraparound.
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> -1 for using the term AGGRESSIVE, which seems likely to offend people.
> I'm sure a more descriptive term exists.

Since we use the term aggressive scan in the docs, I personally don't
feel unnatural about that. But since this option also disables index
cleanup when not enabled explicitly, I’m concerned a bit if user might
get confused. I came up with some names like FEEZE_FAST and
FREEZE_MINIMAL but I'm not sure these are better.

BTW if this option also disables index cleanup for faster freezing,
why don't we disable heap truncation as well?

Regards,

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Masahiko Sawada
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