Re: pg_reorg

From: Vibhor Kumar <vibhor(dot)kumar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Jens Wilke <jens(at)wilke(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_reorg
Date: 2011-04-18 22:32:01
Message-ID: 7D517F9B-20AF-4977-8CA1-B5849F182B7B@enterprisedb.com
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On Apr 19, 2011, at 3:40 AM, Jens Wilke wrote:

> 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.

Till 8.4 no. From 9.0 onwards yes. However VACUUM FULL still locks the table.

> 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/

For huge bloats, mentioned Method is slower.

Thanks & Regards,
Vibhor Kumar
EnterpriseDB Corporation
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
vibhor(dot)kumar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com
Blog:http://vibhork.blogspot.com

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