-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ow Mun Heng wrote: > On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 22:14 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> Phoenix Kiula wrote: >>> So a YES/NO question: >>> >>> Q: To get rid of index bloat, is a VACUUM ANALYZE enough? Or must I >>> reindex/cluster indexes? >> If you overrun your max_fsm_pages, no: >> else yes; > > Maybe my english suck, but I don't understand the above answer. > > If I overrun my Max_FSM_pages then a vacuum analyse is enough to return > it back to normal. If you overrun your max_fsm_pages then vacuum analyze IS NOT ENOUGH. If you do not overrun your max_fsm_pages, yes vacuum analyze can deal with the issue. Joshua D. Drake > > If I _didn't_ overrun my fsm, then a reindex/cluster is necessary. > > Did I get that right? (I feel it's wrong and a reindex/cluster is needed > only when I overrun my max_fsm) > > > - -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG72kwATb/zqfZUUQRAqNMAJsFjqWirgGF+VlEIwaVDnxBAefeSwCfesD1 osqiudjcEY/tyibvNZRJ/UU= =apjz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/