> > > The conventional VACUUM would then be something you do as part of a DB
> > > reorganization (maybe once every month or so).
> >
> > Yes, but in other DB's if you UPDATE all rows in the table, you don't
> > double the disk space.
>
> Sure, but what is wrong with keeping the space allocated for
> the next "UPDATE all rows", if that is something the application
> needs to do frequently ? PostgreSQL needs more space on disc,
> but we knew that already :-)
In many cases, a VACUUM will not have been run before more space is
needed in the table so you will get ever-increasing sizes until a full
VACUUM. Only in an optimial light VACUUM state would a table that gets
continually updated _not_ continue to grow.
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