Re: Regarding fillfactor use case for only delete ops

From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Durgamahesh Manne <maheshpostgres9(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Regarding fillfactor use case for only delete ops
Date: 2025-06-06 13:59:14
Message-ID: CANzqJaB8aRCuEYYDU_qK0WUVVdWdoCte=wDt5387uj=Ncw5_Pg@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
wrote:

> On Fri, 2025-06-06 at 14:10 +0530, Durgamahesh Manne wrote:
> > Can we generate a fill factor for tables that have delete ops ?
> >
> > Does the fill factor really work and help to minimize the bloat for
> tables that have delete ops?
> >
> > I have parent table with weekly partitions So for every week 50 to 60 gb
> of bloat generates and autovacuum params already in place for child tables
>
> Nothing can ever avoid bloat caused by DELETE, except partitioning in a
> way that you can drop a partition rather than running DELETE.
>
>
Laurenz,

Isn't the fill factor aimed at reducing bloat during updates of HOT tables?

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