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Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:25:18 -0700
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
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To: Patric de Waha <lists@p-dw.com>
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Subject: Re: Vacuum full considered useful ;)
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>    No wonder, I got IO problems with such a fragmentation.
> 
>    For people not very familiar with postgres especially those coming 
> from mysql,
>    i'd recommend paying attention to this.

Definitely. The problem here is that you just aren't vacuuming enough, 
not that you didn't vacuum full. I would suggest reviewing autovacuum 
and seeing if that will help you.

Joshua D. Drake

> 
> regards,
>    patric de waha
>  
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