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Re: Table bloat threshold limit to trigger repack

Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>

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From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-02-08T05:29:14Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 11:19 PM Durgamahesh Manne <maheshpostgres9@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> How much table bloat is acceptable before it affects performance in
> PostgreSQL?
>

How big is the table? (For small tables, it doesn't matter.) How active is
it?  How frequently are records updated?

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