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authorAmit Kapila <akapila@postgresql.org>2020-01-29 11:08:50 +0530
committerAmit Kapila <akapila@postgresql.org>2020-01-29 11:08:50 +0530
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Add --parallel option to vacuumdb command.
Commit 40d964ec99 allowed vacuum command to leverage multiple CPUs by invoking parallel workers to process indexes. This commit provides a '--parallel' option to specify the parallel degree used by vacuum command. Author: Masahiko Sawada, with few modifications by me Reviewed-by: Mahendra Singh and Amit Kapila Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAD21AoDTPMgzSkV4E3SFo1CH_x50bf5PqZFQf4jmqjk-C03BWg@mail.gmail.com
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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-P <replaceable class="parameter">parallel_degree</replaceable></option></term>
+ <term><option>--parallel=<replaceable class="parameter">parallel_degree</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specify the parallel degree of <firstterm>parallel vacuum</firstterm>.
+ This allows the vacuum to leverage multiple CPUs to process indexes.
+ See <xref linkend="sql-vacuum"/>.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ This option is only available for servers running
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 13 and later.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>-q</option></term>
<term><option>--quiet</option></term>
<listitem>