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PostgreSQL 9.2: vacuum returning disk space to operating system

Vacuum usually does not return disk space to operating system, except some special cases. From the docs: The standard form of VACUUM removes dead row versions in tables and indexes and marks the ...
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Should I manually VACUUM my PostgreSQL database if autovacuum is turned on?

I use software which makes a big PostgreSQL database (there is a table with a million rows in it) and the developers says I should VACUUM and ANALYZE periodically. But the PostgreSQL database default ...
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How to know there is a maintenance job running on a postgresql database

I have a python script on postgresql database which is fetching records from sql server database and inserting it to postgresql DB after some filtering. this jobs is running by cron every two minutes. ...
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PostgreSQL Database Data File Integrity Check

When running a PostgreSQL database system how do I know my database as a whole has 100% integrity? Basically how do I know if my data files and pages are all 100% good with no corruption? In the ...