“Autovacuum Blocked, Backlogged, or Slow?! Understanding Why It Can’t Keep Up”

Essential Techniques for Database Administrators to Identify and Resolve Vacuum Challenges

Autovacuum keeps PostgreSQL healthy — but when it’s blocked , backlogged or slow your database performance suffers. This session explains why autovacuum falls behind, how to detect it early, and what tuning and operational fixes can restore balance. Ideal for DBAs and developers managing production databases.

@ Postgres Conference: 2026
Mohamed Ali BAJI SHAIK
Essentials

Elevate your DBA toolset with pg collector

a powerful open-source tool that help you gain deep insights into your PostgreSQL database

PG Collector is a powerful open-source tool (https://github.com/awslabs/pg-collector) that gathers valuable PostgreSQL performance details and presents it in a simple report and provide Automated Database Health check. If you are a DBA, come and learn how PG Collector can help reduce your mean Time to Know (MTTK) and help you gain deep insights into the health of your PostgreSQL database.

@ Postgres Conference: 2026
Mohamed Ali
Ops

    Elevate your DBA toolset with pg collector

    a powerful open-source tool that help you gain deep insights into your PostgreSQL database

    PG Collector is a powerful open-source tool (https://github.com/awslabs/pg-collector) that gathers valuable PostgreSQL performance details and presents it in a simple report. If you are a DBA, come and learn how PG Collector can help reduce your mean Time to Know (MTTK) and help you gain deep insights into the health of your PostgreSQL database.

    @ Postgres Conference 2024

    Apr 19 2024

    Ops