Re: Reindexing

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Wasim Devale <wasimd60(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Reindexing
Date: 2025-04-25 05:57:23
Message-ID: 6a9ed5b7ca2f7c1ba61f27a969cebcbd50cff4b6.camel@cybertec.at
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On Fri, 2025-04-25 at 10:46 +0530, Wasim Devale wrote:
> I want to automate the reindexing and planning to do it concurrently twice a week.

That's probably unnecessary.

> Can someone highlight at what percentage of index bloat can decide the frequency of reindexing?

It is perfectly normal for a B-tree index to have an "avg_leaf_density" of 30 or so,
as determined with pgstatindex(). Consider reindexing only for indexes that are
doing worse *and that keep deteriorating*.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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