Re: Memory usage of auto-vacuum

Hello,

Here is an update on my problem :

- the problem was caused by "VACUUM ANALYZE", but by a plain "VACUUM" ;

- it was exactly the same with manual and automatic "VACUUM ANALYZE" ;

- it was caused by a GIN index on a tsvector, using a very high (10000)
  statistics target.

Setting back the statistics to 1000  reduced the amount of RAM used to a
very reasonable amount.

The value of 10000 is indeed  not very realistic, but I think that would
deserve some mention on the  documentation, if possible with an estimate
of  the maximal memory  usage for  a given  statistics target  and table
size.

Do  you think  it's a  good idea,  and if  so, if  that estimate  can be
reasonably made ?

Regards,

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