Re: Huge size of Data directory

On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 05:07:39PM -0600, Anthony Presley wrote:
> I do routinely vacuum.  I vacuum'd it yesterday, and about a week before
> that, and probably on a 2-3 week basis prior to that.  And, I vacuum using
> "analyze".

Recommended vacuum frequency depends on usage, but most people
consider "regularly" to mean daily, and more often than that if
they do a lot of updates/deletes.  Some people set up a cron job
so it happens automatically.

> Running 7.1, I believe.

"SELECT version()" should say for sure, and if it's really 7.1 then
you should upgrade as soon as possible.  A lot of bugs have been
fixed since then, some involving data loss; a few bloat problems
have been fixed since then as well.

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Michael Fuhr