Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26ED96501C0 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:02:41 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23022-03 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:02:37 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E5326501CC for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:02:36 -0300 (ADT) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so378709wah.19 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:02:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=hYwjppz/f+AbeLtZnsjBVqrM6AF/C0MDmFMZgBNpAtM=; b=YqxwhOPum5FGOI0i7PAoLBd7s/gktdL0XYevSXs1fZJswIyRNqTgiubWOW2U6HFUGV NPIVd4Tb6Xo9QePK70iAv7HmiCosiYhQKPopxYTRUewORfQXPY5UDjR6zfH3LZtAVx0P oftXWJK5x2VwupNaSn/FGXR5fjs+T50bsNEnw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=IDad7OI3jwlpmhjOennqg8ZdRNqVxyrKERIVWqKicB6FzfaLb23HoVBwcAVaLLFP2l d8TM4Sf9eXd6L2dOCuuxZt/GO7hLSIl7+phOzhAH6dL1g2oHDvR4QDF8YqDv5QjqKPhz gZlW/bmA12Tcco33u0ZSAvGDpFtsNxPWOZjRg= Received: by 10.114.37.1 with SMTP id k1mr3577145wak.44.1224262956043; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:02:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.39.11 with HTTP; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:02:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:02:35 -0600 From: "Scott Marlowe" To: "Tory M Blue" Subject: Re: Index bloat, reindex weekly, suggestions etc? Cc: "Kevin Grittner" , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <8a547c840810170947p52075b0cmadc8c2060b38cfa4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <8a547c840810170905m7323dbd8x90de7dd004abc7d4@mail.gmail.com> <48F8773F.EE98.0025.0@wicourts.gov> <8a547c840810170947p52075b0cmadc8c2060b38cfa4@mail.gmail.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200810/93 X-Sequence-Number: 31674 On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Tory M Blue wrote: > DETAIL: A total of 501440 page slots are in use (including overhead). > 501440 page slots are required to track all free space. > Current limits are: 1087500 page slots, 430 relations, using 6401 kB. > VACUUM > > that looks fine That's still a lot of dead space. You might do better with more aggresive autovacuuming settings.