Re: Abnormal Growth of Index Size - Index Size 3x large than table size.

From: Ravi Krishna <srkrishna1(at)comcast(dot)net>
To: Ram Pratap Maurya <ram(dot)maurya(at)lavainternational(dot)in>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Ashish Chugh <ashish(dot)chugh(at)lavainternational(dot)in>
Subject: Re: Abnormal Growth of Index Size - Index Size 3x large than table size.
Date: 2020-05-06 10:57:44
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> On May 6, 2020, at 5:48 AM, Ram Pratap Maurya <ram(dot)maurya(at)lavainternational(dot)in> wrote:
>
> Hi Team,
>
> We are facing a problem in our PostgreSQL production database related to abnormal growth of index size. Some of the indexes are having abnormal growth and index size is larger than table data size.
> One table is having 75 G.B of index though table size is only 25 G.B. On monthly basis we are performing vacuum to release the used space.
>
> I am attaching the screen shot for your reference. Could you please help us in resolving the same as this is degrading performance drastically.
>
> <image002.png>
>

How many indexes are there in the table tstock_movement? Could it be that 65GB is the sum total of index size of all indexes.

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