Re: autovacuum logging, part deux.

Rod Taylor wrote:
> I don't know about anyone else, but the only time I look at that mess
> is to find poor tuple/table or tuple/index ratios and other
> indications that vacuum isn't working as well as it should be.
>
> How about this instead:
>
> Log when the actual autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor (dead space cleaned
> up) was more than 2 times the autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor listed in
> postgresql.conf. This means autovacuum isn't keeping up to what you
> want it to.
>
> Another interesting case would be a large amount of empty space in the
> index or table (say 3x autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor). This may
> indicate unnecessary bloat and something to fix.
>
> Aside from that, the raw numbers don't really interest me.
>

Does anyone think we should have a stats view for the last vacuum stats
for each table?

I.E. capture all the verbose info somewhere?

Or, do people just want to increase the logging?

I still don't see a consensus on what needs to come out.

Do we still need the autovacuum_verbosity type change?

LER

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