On 04/03/2015 09:34 AM, Steve Crawford wrote:
>
> Check out the pg_reorg extension. This extension does create a new
> table on the fly while tracking updates. It then applies any updates
> that have occurred while creating the new copy and finally swaps the
> new version in place of the old. It creates I/O but doesn't require
> the long-duration locks of the other methods.
Actually I should have also said check out pg_repack, the fork of
pg_reorg. In either case also do some reading on potential pitfalls:
http://adpgtech.blogspot.com/2014/10/pgrepack-pitfalls.html
Cheers,
Steve
