Re: [GENERAL] index bloat problem

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Monika Cernikova <monika(at)microstep-mis(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] index bloat problem
Date: 2007-03-10 05:27:06
Message-ID: 7760.1173504426@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Monika Cernikova <monika(at)microstep-mis(dot)com> writes:
> Can you help me how to stop index growing or reindex database if I CAN'T
> STOP writing records?

I think you have max_fsm_pages set too small.

> max_fsm_pages = 400000

That corresponds to about 3Gb, or a tenth the size of your DB. Not enough.

regards, tom lane

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