Re: VACUUM FULL on 24/7 server

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Aleksey Serba <aserba(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: VACUUM FULL on 24/7 server
Date: 2004-10-02 23:15:25
Message-ID: 26607.1096758925@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Aleksey Serba <aserba(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I have 24/7 production server under high load.
> I need to perform vacuum full on several tables to recover disk
> space / memory usage frequently ( the server must be online during
> vacuum time )

Don't use VACUUM FULL; plain VACUUM should be enough if you are managing
the database properly (for instance, make sure the FSM settings are high
enough).

regards, tom lane

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