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autovacuum_multixact_freeze_max_age

Specifies the maximum age (in multixacts) that a table's pg_class.relminmxid field can attain before a VACUUM operation is forced to prevent multixact ID wraparound within the table. Note that the system will launch autovacuum processes to prevent wraparound even when autovacuum is otherwise disabled. Vacuuming multixacts also allows removal of old files from the pg_multixact/members and pg_multixact/offsets subdirectories, which is why the default is a relatively low 400 million multixacts. This parameter can only be set at server start, but the setting can be reduced for individual tables by changing table storage parameters. For more information see Section 24.1.5.1.

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autovacuum_multixact_freeze_max_age
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Multixact age at which to autovacuum a table to prevent multixact wraparound.
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Specifies the maximum age (in multixacts) that a table's pg_class.relminmxid field can attain before a VACUUM operation is forced to prevent multixact ID wraparound within the table. Note that the system will launch autovacuum processes to prevent wraparound even when autovacuum is otherwise disabled.

Vacuuming multixacts also allows removal of old files from the pg_multixact/members and pg_multixact/offsets subdirectories, which is why the default is a relatively low 400 million multixacts. This parameter can only be set at server start, but the setting can be reduced for individual tables by changing table storage parameters. For more information see Section 24.1.5.1.

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<p>
         Specifies the maximum age (in multixacts) that a table's
         <code class="structname">pg_class</code>.<code class="structfield">relminmxid</code> field can
         attain before a <code class="command">VACUUM</code> operation is forced to
         prevent multixact ID wraparound within the table.
         Note that the system will launch autovacuum processes to
         prevent wraparound even when autovacuum is otherwise disabled.
        </p><p>
         Vacuuming multixacts also allows removal of old files from the
         <code class="filename">pg_multixact/members</code> and <code class="filename">pg_multixact/offsets</code>
         subdirectories, which is why the default is a relatively low
         400 million multixacts.
         This parameter can only be set at server start, but the setting can
         be reduced for individual tables by changing table storage parameters.
         For more information see <a class="xref" href="/docs/18/routine-vacuuming.html#VACUUM-FOR-MULTIXACT-WRAPAROUND" title="24.1.5.1. Multixacts and Wraparound">Section 24.1.5.1</a>.
        </p>

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