Other parameters that affect autovacuum

The following query shows the values of some of the parameters that directly affect autovacuum and its behavior. The autovacuum parameters are described fully in the PostgreSQL documentation.

SELECT name, setting, unit, short_desc
FROM pg_settings
WHERE name IN (
'autovacuum_max_workers',
'autovacuum_analyze_scale_factor',
'autovacuum_naptime',
'autovacuum_analyze_threshold',
'autovacuum_analyze_scale_factor',
'autovacuum_vacuum_threshold',
'autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor',
'autovacuum_vacuum_threshold',
'autovacuum_vacuum_cost_delay',
'autovacuum_vacuum_cost_limit',
'vacuum_cost_limit',
'autovacuum_freeze_max_age',
'maintenance_work_mem',
'vacuum_freeze_min_age');

While these all affect autovacuum, some of the most important ones are: