autovacuum | Postgres.FM 181 | #PostgreSQL #Postgres podcast

[ 🇬🇧_🇺🇸 Check out the subtitles – we edit them! YouTube auto-translates them from English to other languages; try it and share it with people interested in Postgres!] Nik and Michael discuss autovacuum, including what it does, and the basics of why and how to tune it. Here are some links to things they mentioned: autovacuum https://www.postgresql.org/docs/curre... autovacuum configuration parameters https://www.postgresql.org/docs/curre... What’s Missing in Postgres? (our episode with Bruce Momjian) https://postgres.fm/episodes/what-s-m... pg_squeeze (our episode with Antonín Houska) https://postgres.fm/episodes/pg_squeeze My queries to monitor autovacuum (post by Laurenz Albe) https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/e... Autovacuum Tuning Basics (post by Tomas Vondra, originally for 2nd Quadrant blog) https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/aut... Zero autovacuum_vacuum_cost_delay, Write Storms, and You (post by Jeremy Schneider) https://ardentperf.com/2026/04/12/zer... Our episode on long-running transactions / xmin horizon https://postgres.fm/episodes/long-run... ~~~ What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know in the comments, or by tweeting us on @postgresfm   / postgresfm  , @samokhvalov   / samokhvalov   and @michristofides   / michristofides   ~~~ Postgres FM is produced by: Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.ai https://postgres.ai/ Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustard https://pgmustard.com/ ~~~ This is the video version. Check out https://postgres.fm to subscribe to the audio-only version, to see the transcript, guest profiles, and more.