Re: File Fragmentation

From: Vick Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
To: jg <jg(at)rilk(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: File Fragmentation
Date: 2013-03-20 14:14:46
Message-ID: CALd+dcdW-AncyafSyRb7CcjLh3mcBd=JpzOkTbOfM0yKKOyueA@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:53 AM, jg <jg(at)rilk(dot)com> wrote:

> The rotated script, as explained, just drops tables and creates empty ones.
>

That doesn't make sense then, to have fragmentation if you are creating new
tables with fresh data copied into them. The files should be pretty much
sequentially written.

Ohhhh.... I see. You're using Windows. Maybe you need some OS with a better
file system that doesn't fragment like that?

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