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by brianwawok 2229 days ago
Getting back space is real important. Otherwise you have runaway table growth that never ends.

Not saying do it all the time, but it is important to use surgically. You can easily calculate wasted table space

https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2017/10/20/monitoring-your-bl...

When it gets to be too big, it's a good time to do a vacuum full. I normally do it a few times a year on a few giant tables. Yes it locks up a table for a few minutes, but it is a big win and totally worth it.

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I'm not denying that VACUUM FULL is useful when things are out of hand. What I'm trying to say is that you probably don't have autovacuum tuned to run often enough (this is also what your link suggests)