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On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:33:53 +0100
"Holger Hoffstaette" <holger@wizards.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:57:53 -0500, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>
> > Note that you should almost never use VACUUM FULL unless you've
> > really messed things up. I understand from the thread that you're
> > just testing things out right now. But VACUUM FULL is not
> > something you should _ever_ need in production, if you've set
> > things up correctly.
>
> Then why does it exist? Is it a historical leftover? If it is
> only needed for emergency, should it not have a different name?
> Just curious..
There are times when it is required, usually when people don't
configure normal vacuum/autovacuum correctly.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
>
> Holger
>
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