On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 06:55:13AM +0200, Brian Modra wrote:
> I started a vacuum on the table yesterday, and its still running. I
> guess thats because the table is live. I am pretty sure that if I take
> it offline, then the vacuum will complete relatively quickly. Am I
> right? (I don't want to take it offline unless I really need to.)
No. The vacuum on that table is going to take a long time, period. See
upthread about not brushing teeth for 3 months.
Anyway, I can't believe a plain vacuum is going to help you here. I'd
perform CLUSTER or else dump the database and reload it. You're looking at
a service outage, I think.
A