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Subject: Re: CLUSTER vs. VACUUM FULL
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On 4/22/24 13:59, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 4:21 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com 
> <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>> wrote:
> [snip]
> 
>     Which gets us back to your comment upstream:
> 
>     "What the VACUUM docs "should" do, it seems, is suggest CLUSTER on the
>     PK, if the PK is a sequence (whether that be an actual sequence, or a
>     timestamp or something else that grows monotonically)."
> 
>     This is a case specific to you and this particular circumstance, not a
>     general rule for VACUUM FULL. If for no other reason then it might make
>     more sense for the application that the CLUSTER be done on some other
>     index then the PK.
> 
> 
> On Stack Exchange, I've got a question on how to determine when to run 
> CLUSTER.  It ties in strongly with this thread..
> 

And the link is?

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Adrian Klaver
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