On 22 Feb 2006 at 13:30, William Reid wrote:

> Just a few quick questions before we start testing.
> 
> Is this necessary to keep the DB size at a norm?

It reclaims space that would otherwise be unused in future.

> Will it hurt anything?

Shouldn't.

> Has anyone setup a cronjob to handle this pre/post backup?

FreeBSD does it automatically if you install PostgreSQL.

> Time - If anyone is currently doing this whats the average time it takes 
> for you database? And how large is your database?

Not long, really.  Perhaps the first one will take a very long time.


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