Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > Is there a better solution to the "index bloat" problem with regards > to minimizing locking while reducing an ever-growing use of disk > space? In particular, it would be nice if there was a way to force > VACUUM [FULL] to do some of the compression that REINDEX now does. > > Right now, we have tables that are updated very frequently, and a > vacuum full just doesn't do much to reduce the disk space, as > the indexes keep growing until a REINDEX is done. Tried on HEAD > as well.
Vacuum full doesn't do anything to shrink the indexes -- rather, it's the other way around, they become more bloated. Your best bet is to vacuum (not full) very frequently. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
