| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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| To: | kishore(dot)sainath(at)gmail(dot)com |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: A tale of two similar databases |
| Date: | 2006-01-19 23:06:07 |
| Message-ID: | 20060119230607.GN78403@pervasive.com |
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On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 09:17:41PM -0800, kishore(dot)sainath(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I haven't vacuum/analysed the D2 database or for that matter D1.
> In fact I have never used VACUUM before.
> Maybe that is the problem.
>
> What are the benefits of the VACUUM command in PostgreSQL?
VACUUM is as close as it comes to fast=true. If you don't do it your
database is almost guaranteed to become dog slow after a while.
http://www.pervasive-postgres.com/lp/newsletters/2005/Insights_opensource_Dec.asp#2
will probably be enlightening for you...
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