| From: | Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> |
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| To: | Anthony Presley <anthony(at)resolution(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Huge size of Data directory |
| Date: | 2006-01-18 21:57:21 |
| Message-ID: | 20060118215721.GA95112@winnie.fuhr.org |
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 05:07:39PM -0600, Anthony Presley wrote:
> I do routinely vacuum. I vacuum'd it yesterday, and about a week before
> that, and probably on a 2-3 week basis prior to that. And, I vacuum using
> "analyze".
Recommended vacuum frequency depends on usage, but most people
consider "regularly" to mean daily, and more often than that if
they do a lot of updates/deletes. Some people set up a cron job
so it happens automatically.
> Running 7.1, I believe.
"SELECT version()" should say for sure, and if it's really 7.1 then
you should upgrade as soon as possible. A lot of bugs have been
fixed since then, some involving data loss; a few bloat problems
have been fixed since then as well.
--
Michael Fuhr
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