Re: 9.4 -> 9.5 dump size reduction - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: 9.4 -> 9.5 dump size reduction
Date
Msg-id 24872.1455252533@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to 9.4 -> 9.5 dump size reduction  (Seb <spluque@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: 9.4 -> 9.5 dump size reduction  ("FarjadFarid\(ChkNet\)" <farjad.farid@checknetworks.com>)
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Seb <spluque@gmail.com> writes:
> I recently upgraded a server from 9.4 to 9.5 (Debian) via
> pg_upgradecluster.  The upgrade finished well, and so far the databases
> in the upgraded cluster seem in good form.  However, I noticed a
> dramatic reduction in the size of the dump created by the new server.
> One of the databases was 34G when dumped by the 9.4 server is now dumped
> at 1.1G in the new 9.5 version (using pg_dump -Fc in both cases).  What
> has caused such remarkable improvement?!

That seems really fishy.  Better check to see if all your data
is still there :-(

            regards, tom lane


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