Re: filesystem full during vacuum - space recovery issues

From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Thomas Simpson <ts(at)talentstack(dot)to>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: filesystem full during vacuum - space recovery issues
Date: 2024-07-18 20:32:49
Message-ID: CANzqJaCpSNZU8AaHPLS2Ms7WzsqBX0L1ZufD8cmUaLi78uA1=A@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 3:01 PM Thomas Simpson <ts(at)talentstack(dot)to> wrote:
[snip]

> [BTW, v9.6 which I know is old but this server is stuck there]
>
> [snip]

> I know I'm stuck with the slow rebuild at this point. However, I doubt I
> am the only person in the world that needs to dump and reload a large
> database. My thought is this is a weak point for PostgreSQL so it makes
> sense to consider ways to improve the dump reload process, especially as
> it's the last-resort upgrade path recommended in the upgrade guide and the
> general fail-safe route to get out of trouble.
>
No database does fast single-threaded backups.

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