aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/src
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/config.sgml24
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml6
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml15
3 files changed, 43 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index a782f109982..38244409e3c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -8685,6 +8685,30 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id="guc-autovacuum-vacuum-max-threshold" xreflabel="autovacuum_vacuum_max_threshold">
+ <term><varname>autovacuum_vacuum_max_threshold</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary><varname>autovacuum_vacuum_max_threshold</varname></primary>
+ <secondary>configuration parameter</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the maximum number of updated or deleted tuples needed to
+ trigger a <command>VACUUM</command> in any one table, i.e., a limit on
+ the value calculated with
+ <varname>autovacuum_vacuum_threshold</varname> and
+ <varname>autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor</varname>. The default is
+ 100,000,000 tuples. If -1 is specified, autovacuum will not enforce a
+ maximum number of updated or deleted tuples that will trigger a
+ <command>VACUUM</command> operation. This parameter can only be set
+ in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> file or on the server
+ command line; but the setting can be overridden for individual tables
+ by changing storage parameters.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry id="guc-autovacuum-freeze-max-age" xreflabel="autovacuum_freeze_max_age">
<term><varname>autovacuum_freeze_max_age</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
<indexterm>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
index 0be90bdc7ef..f84ad7557d9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml
@@ -895,9 +895,11 @@ HINT: Execute a database-wide VACUUM in that database.
<command>VACUUM</command> exceeds the <quote>vacuum threshold</quote>, the
table is vacuumed. The vacuum threshold is defined as:
<programlisting>
-vacuum threshold = vacuum base threshold + vacuum scale factor * number of tuples
+vacuum threshold = Minimum(vacuum max threshold, vacuum base threshold + vacuum scale factor * number of tuples)
</programlisting>
- where the vacuum base threshold is
+ where the vacuum max threshold is
+ <xref linkend="guc-autovacuum-vacuum-max-threshold"/>,
+ the vacuum base threshold is
<xref linkend="guc-autovacuum-vacuum-threshold"/>,
the vacuum scale factor is
<xref linkend="guc-autovacuum-vacuum-scale-factor"/>,
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 2237321cb4f..417498f71db 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -1712,6 +1712,21 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id="reloption-autovacuum-vacuum-max-threshold" xreflabel="autovacuum_vacuum_max_threshold">
+ <term><literal>autovacuum_vacuum_max_threshold</literal>, <literal>toast.autovacuum_vacuum_max_threshold</literal> (<type>integer</type>)
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary><varname>autovacuum_vacuum_max_threshold</varname></primary>
+ <secondary>storage parameter</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Per-table value for <xref linkend="guc-autovacuum-vacuum-max-threshold"/>
+ parameter.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry id="reloption-autovacuum-vacuum-scale-factor" xreflabel="autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor">
<term><literal>autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor</literal>, <literal>toast.autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor</literal> (<type>floating point</type>)
<indexterm>