Re: Pg_repack

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 11:49 AM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
wrote:

> On 2024-Aug-12, Sathish Reddy wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > We have configure pg_repack on database.when we ran pg_repak it is
> using
> > temporary table on repack once repack done it is going to swap temporary
> > table to original .on these case it is genarate huse wal files and it
> > getting size increase be end .
>
> > We need help on these instead of using temporary table can we use
> unlog
> > table on reduce these wal case.
>
> I bet you'll find that pg_squeeze gives you better characteristics on
> those aspects. In any case, it's better if you can find a way to avoid
> running either of these tools in a regular manner, and instead treat
> them as if they were an emergency solution only, and rely on a better
> configured autovacuum to avoid having to schedule them regularly.
>

But pg_repack is just a better VACUUM FULL, and VACUUM FULL has to be
better than autovacuum because it *fully* vacuums a table.

Right? /s

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