Re: CLUSTER vs. VACUUM FULL

From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: CLUSTER vs. VACUUM FULL
Date: 2024-04-22 20:59:44
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On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 4:21 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
wrote:
[snip]

> Which gets us back to your comment upstream:
>
> "What the VACUUM docs "should" do, it seems, is suggest CLUSTER on the
> PK, if the PK is a sequence (whether that be an actual sequence, or a
> timestamp or something else that grows monotonically)."
>
> This is a case specific to you and this particular circumstance, not a
> general rule for VACUUM FULL. If for no other reason then it might make
> more sense for the application that the CLUSTER be done on some other
> index then the PK.
>

On Stack Exchange, I've got a question on how to determine when to run
CLUSTER. It ties in strongly with this thread..

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