On Fri, 2025-06-06 at 14:10 +0530, Durgamahesh Manne wrote: > Can we generate a fill factor for tables that have delete ops ? > > Does the fill factor really work and help to minimize the bloat for tables that have delete ops? > > I have parent table with weekly partitions So for every week 50 to 60 gb of bloat generates and autovacuum params already in place for child tables
Nothing can ever avoid bloat caused by DELETE, except partitioning in a way that you can drop a partition rather than running DELETE.
Laurenz,
Isn't the fill factor aimed at reducing bloat during updates of HOT tables?
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Hi
I believe that fill factor works exclusively for updates of HOT tables but not for delete ops
