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Use "dead" rather than "expired" for vacuumable rows.
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doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml

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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.64 2006/11/05 22:42:07 tgl Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml,v 1.65 2006/12/27 14:55:17 momjian Exp $ -->
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<chapter id="maintenance">
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<title>Routine Database Maintenance Tasks</title>
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<para>
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There are two variants of the <command>VACUUM</command>
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command. The first form, known as <quote>lazy vacuum</quote> or
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just <command>VACUUM</command>, marks expired data in tables and
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just <command>VACUUM</command>, marks dead data in tables and
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indexes for future reuse; it does <emphasis>not</emphasis> attempt
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to reclaim the space used by this expired data unless the space is
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to reclaim the space used by this dead data unless the space is
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at the end of the table and an exclusive table lock can be easily
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obtained. Unused space at the start or middle of the file does
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not result in the file being shortened and space returned to the
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<para>
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The second form is the <command>VACUUM FULL</command>
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command. This uses a more aggressive algorithm for reclaiming the
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space consumed by expired row versions. Any space that is freed by
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space consumed by dead row versions. Any space that is freed by
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<command>VACUUM FULL</command> is immediately returned to the
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operating system. Unfortunately, this variant of the
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<command>VACUUM</command> command acquires an exclusive lock on

doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml

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PostgreSQL documentation
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<title>Description</title>
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<command>VACUUM</command> reclaims storage occupied by expired tuples.
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<command>VACUUM</command> reclaims storage occupied by dead tuples.
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In normal <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> operation, tuples that
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are deleted or obsoleted by an update are not physically removed from
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their table; they remain present until a <command>VACUUM</command> is
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We recommend that active production databases be
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vacuumed frequently (at least nightly), in order to
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remove expired rows. After adding or deleting a large number
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remove dead rows. After adding or deleting a large number
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of rows, it may be a good idea to issue a <command>VACUUM
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ANALYZE</command> command for the affected table. This will update the
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system catalogs with

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