"Phoenix Kiula" <phoenix.kiula@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Apart from creating a new table, indexing it, then renaming it to > original table -- is there an alternative to CLUSTER that doesn't > impose a painful ACCESS EXCLUSIVE lock on the table? We are on > Postgres 8.2.3 and have a heavy duty table that starts showing its > limits after a week or so. Autovacuum is on and working. FSM etc is > fine, maintenance_work_mem is 256MB. But cluster still takes upwards > of 30 minutes, which is unacceptable downtime for our web service. > Thanks for any tips! If you're seeing steady bloat then FSM isn't as fine as you think. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
