Dump/Restore vs Vacuum Full

From: Adi Alurkar <adi(at)sf(dot)net>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Dump/Restore vs Vacuum Full
Date: 2004-09-02 00:59:56
Message-ID: 682E2026-FC7B-11D8-9429-000A95C4BD7A@sf.net
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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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