Re: Dump/Restore vs Vacuum Full

From: Adi Alurkar <adi(at)sf(dot)net>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dump/Restore vs Vacuum Full
Date: 2004-09-03 17:03:11
Message-ID: 234DDAC5-FDCB-11D8-A503-000A95C4BD7A@sf.net
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Any comments ?
knock knock!! is this thing ON?

On Sep 1, 2004, at 5:59 PM, Adi Alurkar wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Are there any differences, advantages of running a dump/restore vs
> running the following:1)REINDEX all the tables in all the databases,
> 2)VACUUM FULL ANALYZE on all the databases
>
> Assuming the following
> 1) the system can be offline.
> 2) PG version 7.4.x
> 3) pg_autovacuum running as a daemon with 30 minutes sleep but have
> had a few occasions where pg_autovacuum had to be killed and
> restarted.
> 4) FSM settings are set > than required by VACUUM ANALYZE VERBOSE
> "test".
>
> -Adi
>
>
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> TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if
> your
> joining column's datatypes do not match
>
>
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Adi Alurkar (DBA sf.NET) <adi(at)vasoftware(dot)com>
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