Re: vacuum vs pg_repack for clearing bloat? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andrew Sullivan
Subject Re: vacuum vs pg_repack for clearing bloat?
Date
Msg-id 20140116020908.GG22105@crankycanuck.ca
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In response to Re: vacuum vs pg_repack for clearing bloat?  (Lists <lists@benjamindsmith.com>)
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On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 05:37:27PM -0800, Lists wrote:
> it's clearing out the cruft that results from creating temp tables,
> loading a bunch of data, then dropping the table, either explicitly
> or when the connection is terminated. This causes PG disk usage to
> climb without causing any change in pg_dump output.

Oh.  You need to up your autovacuum settings for the system catalog
tables.  I built a system that did this sort of thing.  If your
autovacuum settings are correct, this will stabilize.

A

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Andrew Sullivan
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