Re: Slow Vacuum was: vacuum output question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Slow Vacuum was: vacuum output question
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Msg-id 20090106210143.GE27789@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Slow Vacuum was: vacuum output question  ("Dan Armbrust" <daniel.armbrust.list@gmail.com>)
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Dan Armbrust escribió:

> What on earth could be going on between PostgreSQL 8.1 and Fedora 6
> that is bloating and/or corrupting the indexes like this?

Postgres 8.1 was slow to vacuum btree indexes.  My guess is that your
indexes are so bloated that it takes a lot of time to scan them.

I think the solution here is to vacuum this table far more often.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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