Thread: Looking for a fix to index bloat

Looking for a fix to index bloat

From
bfraci@aol.com
Date:
We are suffering from the same issue that is described in this email thread http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2005-07/msg00486.php
 
 
I don't know if this is the appropriate place to make this request, so if not, please forgive me.  However, in our particular case, we don't have enough disk space nor money to allow the indexes to grow to a steady state.  We are willing to pay someone to implement the suggested fix described in the above thread on version 8.0.3.  If interested, please respond to this email with your contact information and a rough idea of how much it would cost and how long it would take to get the job done.
 
Thank you for your consideration.
 
Brent
 

Re: Looking for a fix to index bloat

From
"Roger Hand"
Date:
bfraci@aol.com wrote on
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:13 AM
> We are suffering from the same issue that is described in this email thread
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2005-07/msg00486.php
>
> I don't know if this is the appropriate place to make this request, so if
> not, please forgive me.  However, in our particular case, we don't have enough
> disk space nor money to allow the indexes to grow to a steady state. 
 
This isn't what you asked for, but if you can afford a modest amount of
downtime you could always drop/recreate the indexes.
 
-Roger

Re: Looking for a fix to index bloat

From
"Jim C. Nasby"
Date:
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 10:13:14AM -0500, bfraci@aol.com wrote:
> We are suffering from the same issue that is described in this email thread
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2005-07/msg00486.php.  
>
>
> I don't know if this is the appropriate place to make this request, so if not, please forgive me.  However, in our
particularcase, we don't have enough disk space nor money to allow the indexes to grow to a steady state.  We are
willingto pay someone to implement the suggested fix described in the above thread on version 8.0.3.  If interested,
pleaserespond to this email with your contact information and a rough idea of how much it would cost and how long it
wouldtake to get the job done. 

Have you tried vacuuming more frequently?
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Re: Looking for a fix to index bloat

From
bfraci@aol.com
Date:
> This isn't what you asked for, but if you can afford a modest amount of downtime you could always drop/recreate the indexes.
 
Unfortunately, we cannot afford any down time.  That is why we are looking to pay someone to help us implement Tom Lane's suggested solution.
 
Brent
 

Re: Looking for a fix to index bloat

From
bfraci@aol.com
Date:

>Have you tried vacuuming more frequently?
Yes, we vacuum every 45-60 minutes.  We boarder on having a vacuum running continuously vacuuming some table in the database.
 
Brent