Sriram Dandapani wrote:
> Every night, a delete of about 50 million rows occurs on a table. Do we
> need to explicitly vacuum the table or will autovacuum handle the large
> deletes without affecting performance. I am trying to determine whether
> or not I should completely rely on autovacuum or also tinker with manual
> vacuums.
How many rows stay in the table after the massive deletion? It may be
that it's best for you to issue a CLUSTER or VACUUM FULL instead of
VACUUM. (In any case, autovacuum would vacuum the table eventually, but
maybe you can do better.)
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