Re: Options for more aggressive space reclamation in vacuuming?

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Options for more aggressive space reclamation in vacuuming?
Date: 2023-05-14 22:43:07
Message-ID: 99a9d881-235c-d997-026f-16dbea570c6e@gmail.com
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On 5/14/23 12:45, Wells Oliver wrote:
> Noticed over the last few days how much more space VACUUM FULL reclaims
> (for obvious reasons) and I am wondering if there are any solutions for a
> more fruitful VACUUM without the locks of FULL?

Another tactic for UPDATE-heavy environments is to reduce the table's
fillfactor.  As long as an indexed field isn't modified, Postgresql will try
and use in-place updates of these HOT (Heap Only Tuple) records.

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