I have recently inherited a Postgres 7.2 DB. I noticed that the size of the database on the disk is about 100 times the size of the nightly dumps that get done. I looked into it and realized that after millions of rows are deleted each month there was no vacuum full performed on the DB. I also noticed that the disk space was not recovered to the OS. I assumed that was because there was no vacuum full being performed. I am currently performing a vacuum full and noticing that no space is being recovered. Is it normal for a DB to be that much bigger than it's dumps?
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