Alexandre Leclerc wrote:
> - 2. Could we stop VACUUM FULL and simply restart postmaster and
> starting a normal VACUUM even if it's slow?
This is what you want to do. VACUUM FULL is the slow way--much, much
slower--and it is not needed to clean up from wraparound issues. Here's
two more opinions on that:
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/5224.1255142294@sss.pgh.pa.us
And here's some notes about why you should avoid VACUUM FULL:
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/VACUUM_FULL
(Note that you don't have a good CLUSTER implementation in your 8.1
server, so using that to clean up tables isn't an option)
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Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
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