On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:09 AM, William Garrison <postgres@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: >> >> Joao Ferreira gmail <joao.miguel.c.ferreira@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> >>> I executed REINDEX by hand and the disk ocupation imediatelly dropped 6 >>> Giga...!!! >>> >> >> >>> >>> is there a way to configure postgres to automatically execute the needed >>> REINDEXING (on indexes and tables) for a given database.... >>> >> >> Generally speaking, there shouldn't be a need for "automatic >> reindexing". What the above suggests is that you need more aggressive >> routine vacuuming, so that you don't get into this situation in the >> first place. >> >> BTW, "more aggressive routine vacuuming" does NOT mean "use vacuum full". >> Vacuum full tends to make index bloat worse, not better. >> > > So now that we know what that term does not mean, what does it mean? Just > doing it more often by adjusting the autovacuum parameters? exactly. Or running cronned vacuums on particular tables if they need it more often.
