Dump/Restore vs Vacuum Full - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Adi Alurkar
Subject Dump/Restore vs Vacuum Full
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Msg-id 682E2026-FC7B-11D8-9429-000A95C4BD7A@sf.net
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Responses Re: Dump/Restore vs Vacuum Full  (Adi Alurkar <adi@sf.net>)
List pgsql-admin
Greetings,

Are there any differences, advantages of running a dump/restore vs
running the following:1)REINDEX all the tables in all the databases,
2)VACUUM FULL ANALYZE on all the databases

Assuming the following
1) the system can be offline.
2) PG version 7.4.x
3) pg_autovacuum running as a daemon with 30 minutes sleep but have had
a few occasions where pg_autovacuum had to be killed and restarted.
4) FSM settings are set > than required by VACUUM ANALYZE VERBOSE
"test".

-Adi


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