https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack

Reorganize tables in PostgreSQL databases with minimal locks
https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack

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Reorganize tables in PostgreSQL databases with minimal locks

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack
• Owner: reorg
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2012-11-10T22:39:27.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-09T09:22:08.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-29T17:55:51.035Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: C
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• Size: 1000 KB
• Stars: 1,883
• Watchers: 56
• Forks: 172
• Open Issues: 96
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  • Readme: README.rst

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README

        
pg_repack -- Reorganize tables in PostgreSQL databases with minimal locks

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- Homepage: https://reorg.github.io/pg_repack

- Download: https://pgxn.org/dist/pg_repack/

- Development: https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack

- Bug Report: https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack/issues

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pg_repack_ is a PostgreSQL extension which lets you remove bloat from

tables and indexes, and optionally restore the physical order of clustered

indexes. Unlike CLUSTER_ and `VACUUM FULL`_ it works online, without

holding an exclusive lock on the processed tables during processing.

pg_repack is efficient to boot, with performance comparable to using

CLUSTER directly.

Please check the documentation (in the ``doc`` directory or online_) for

installation and usage instructions.

.. _pg_repack: https://reorg.github.io/pg_repack

.. _CLUSTER: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-cluster.html

.. _VACUUM FULL: VACUUM_

.. _VACUUM: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-vacuum.html

.. _online: pg_repack_

.. _issue: https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack/issues/23

What about pg_reorg?

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pg_repack is a fork of the pg_reorg_ project, which has proven hugely

successful. Unfortunately new feature development on pg_reorg_ has slowed

or stopped since late 2011.

pg_repack was initially released as a drop-in replacement for pg_reorg,

addressing some of the shortcomings of the last pg_reorg version (such as

support for PostgreSQL 9.2 and EXTENSION packaging) and known bugs.

pg_repack 1.2 introduces further new features (parallel index builds,

ability to rebuild only indexes) and bugfixes. In some cases its behaviour

may be different from the 1.1.x release so it shouldn't be considered a

drop-in replacement: you are advised to check the documentation__ before

upgrading from previous versions.

.. __: pg_repack_

.. _pg_reorg: https://github.com/reorg/pg_reorg