# Other parameters that affect autovacuum
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The following query shows the values of some of the parameters that directly affect autovacuum and its behavior. The [autovacuum parameters](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-autovacuum.html) 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:
+ [maintenance\$1work\$1mem](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-resource.html#GUC-MAINTENANCE_WORK_MEM)
+ [autovacuum\$1freeze\$1max\$1age](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-autovacuum.html#GUC-AUTOVACUUM-FREEZE-MAX-AGE)
+ [autovacuum\$1max\$1workers](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-autovacuum.html#GUC-AUTOVACUUM-MAX-WORKERS)
+ [autovacuum\$1vacuum\$1cost\$1delay](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-autovacuum.html#GUC-AUTOVACUUM-VACUUM-COST-DELAY)
+ [ autovacuum\$1vacuum\$1cost\$1limit](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-autovacuum.html#GUC-AUTOVACUUM-VACUUM-COST-LIMIT)