Re: 9.4 -> 9.5 dump size reduction

From: "FarjadFarid\(ChkNet\)" <farjad(dot)farid(at)checknetworks(dot)com>
To: "'Tom Lane'" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "'Seb'" <spluque(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 9.4 -> 9.5 dump size reduction
Date: 2016-02-12 14:06:54
Message-ID: 001f01d1659e$a0b17e80$e2147b80$@checknetworks.com
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From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
Sent: 12 February 2016 04:49
To: Seb
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] 9.4 -> 9.5 dump size reduction

Seb <spluque(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I recently upgraded a server from 9.4 to 9.5 (Debian) via
> pg_upgradecluster. The upgrade finished well, and so far the
> databases in the upgraded cluster seem in good form. However, I
> noticed a dramatic reduction in the size of the dump created by the new
server.
> One of the databases was 34G when dumped by the 9.4 server is now
> dumped at 1.1G in the new 9.5 version (using pg_dump -Fc in both
> cases). What has caused such remarkable improvement?!

That seems really fishy. Better check to see if all your data is still
there :-(

regards, tom lane

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