Re: db size

Hi

> If you suspect your tables or indexes are bloated, restore your dump
> to a test box.
> Use fsync=off during restore, you don't care about integrity on the
> test box.
> This will avoid slowing down your production database.
> Then look at the size of the restored database.
> If it is much smaller than your production database, then you have
> bloat.

I have done that, and I get the following:

the live one is 113G
the restored one is 78G

How should I get rid of the bloat?
VACUUM FULL?

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