I did look into VACUUM(full) for it’s PROCESS_TOAST option which makes sense, but the thing is I already had a cron-ed VACUUM (full) which I ended up disabling a while back; exactly because of the double-space requirement. The DB has already a 1TB size and occupying another 600MB would require some hassle. Thus, the external script approach makes more sense.
> On 17 Oct 2021, at 8:28 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote: > > On 10/17/21 10:17, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 5:12 PM Florents Tselai <florents.tse...@gmail.com >> <mailto:florents.tse...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> Is there a smarter way to do this ? >> It should be enough to VACUUM FULL the table. (but it has to be VACUUM FULL, >> not a regular vacuum). Or CLUSTER. > > With the proviso that this will require double the existing space, ~670GB, > until the operation is completed. > >> -- >> Magnus Hagander >> Me: https://www.hagander.net/ <http://www.hagander.net/> >> Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/ <http://www.redpill-linpro.com/> > > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@aklaver.com
