Re: For index bloat: VACUUM ANALYZE vs REINDEX/CLUSTER

From: Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
To: Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: For index bloat: VACUUM ANALYZE vs REINDEX/CLUSTER
Date: 2007-09-24 15:45:39
Message-ID: 4B2C03EC-BD1B-4861-B7D5-E337D7CFEF3D@khera.org
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On Sep 18, 2007, at 1:14 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

>> Q: To get rid of index bloat, is a VACUUM ANALYZE enough? Or must I
>> reindex/cluster indexes?
>
> If you overrun your max_fsm_pages, no:
> else yes;

my algorithm is: if (true) then yes;

my FSM is way bigger than I ever use (vacuum never reports shortage)
and I still get bloat that needs to be purged out with a reindex on
occasion.

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