Re: pg_reorg

From: Jens Wilke <jens(at)wilke(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_reorg
Date: 2011-04-18 22:10:14
Message-ID: 201104190010.17580.jens@wilke.org
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On Montag, 18. April 2011, Scott Mead wrote:

> I've seen it, but catalog hacks always make me nervous. Anybody
> else have good / bad experience to share?

Hi,

yes, we used it to reduce massive bloat after a database split and
were very satisfied.
IIRC "vacuum full" mode rewrites the indexes as well.

There's a proposal about an alternative to pg_reorg on depesz' Blog:
http://www.depesz.com/index.php/2010/10/17/reduce-bloat-of-table-without-longexclusive-locks/

regards,
Jens

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