Re: Table bloat threshold limit to trigger repack

From: Durgamahesh Manne <maheshpostgres9(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Table bloat threshold limit to trigger repack
Date: 2026-02-08 05:43:07
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On Sun, 8 Feb, 2026, 10:59 Ron Johnson, <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 11:19 PM Durgamahesh Manne <
> maheshpostgres9(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> How much table bloat is acceptable before it affects performance in
>> PostgreSQL?
>>
>
> How big is the table? (For small tables, it doesn't matter.) How active is
> it? How frequently are records updated?
>
> --
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Hi

Table size 100gb
I use pgstattuple_approx to get Table bloat is about 16gb as of now since
after repack is done on 27th of January
Fillfactor already in place
It's very critical application with updates on non partitioned table

Regards
Durga Mahesh

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