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+# Database Maintenance
+
+## VACUUM Fundamentals
+
+### Why VACUUM is Critical
+
+PostgreSQL uses MVCC (Multi-Version Concurrency Control):
+- Updates/deletes don't remove old rows immediately
+- Old rows marked as "dead tuples"
+- VACUUM reclaims space from dead tuples
+- Without VACUUM: table bloat, degraded performance, transaction ID wraparound
+
+### VACUUM Variants
+
+```sql
+-- Standard VACUUM (non-blocking, reclaims space for reuse)
+VACUUM users;
+VACUUM;  -- All tables
+
+-- VACUUM FULL (locks table, rewrites entire table, reclaims disk space)
+VACUUM FULL users;
+-- Use pg_repack instead for production (non-blocking alternative)
+
+-- VACUUM VERBOSE (shows details)
+VACUUM VERBOSE users;
+
+-- VACUUM ANALYZE (vacuum + update statistics)
+VACUUM ANALYZE users;
+```
+
+### VACUUM Monitoring
+
+```sql
+-- Check when tables were last vacuumed
+SELECT
+  schemaname,
+  relname,
+  last_vacuum,
+  last_autovacuum,
+  n_dead_tup,
+  n_live_tup,
+  round(100.0 * n_dead_tup / NULLIF(n_live_tup + n_dead_tup, 0), 2) as dead_pct
+FROM pg_stat_user_tables
+ORDER BY n_dead_tup DESC;
+
+-- Check vacuum progress (PG 9.6+)
+SELECT
+  pid,
+  datname,
+  relid::regclass,
+  phase,
+  heap_blks_total,
+  heap_blks_scanned,
+  heap_blks_vacuumed,
+  round(100.0 * heap_blks_scanned / NULLIF(heap_blks_total, 0), 2) as pct_complete
+FROM pg_stat_progress_vacuum;
+```
+
+## Autovacuum Configuration
+
+```sql
+-- Global settings (postgresql.conf)
+autovacuum = on
+autovacuum_max_workers = 3
+autovacuum_naptime = 60s  -- Check interval
+
+-- Vacuum thresholds
+autovacuum_vacuum_threshold = 50
+autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor = 0.2
+-- Triggers when: dead_tuples > threshold + (scale_factor * total_tuples)
+-- Default: 50 + (0.2 * 1000000) = 200,050 dead tuples for 1M row table
+
+-- Analyze thresholds
+autovacuum_analyze_threshold = 50
+autovacuum_analyze_scale_factor = 0.1
+
+-- Performance settings
+autovacuum_vacuum_cost_delay = 2ms  -- Lower = faster, more I/O impact
+autovacuum_vacuum_cost_limit = 200
+```
+
+### Per-Table Autovacuum Tuning
+
+```sql
+-- High-churn table: vacuum more aggressively
+ALTER TABLE orders SET (
+  autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor = 0.05,  -- 5% instead of 20%
+  autovacuum_vacuum_threshold = 1000,
+  autovacuum_analyze_scale_factor = 0.02
+);
+
+-- Large, stable table: vacuum less often
+ALTER TABLE archive_logs SET (
+  autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor = 0.5,
+  autovacuum_vacuum_threshold = 5000
+);
+
+-- Very high-churn table: disable cost delays
+ALTER TABLE sessions SET (
+  autovacuum_vacuum_cost_delay = 0
+);
+
+-- View table settings
+SELECT
+  relname,
+  reloptions
+FROM pg_class
+WHERE relname = 'orders';
+```
+
+## ANALYZE (Statistics)
+
+```sql
+-- Update statistics for query planner
+ANALYZE users;
+ANALYZE;  -- All tables
+
+-- Check statistics freshness
+SELECT
+  schemaname,
+  relname,
+  last_analyze,
+  last_autoanalyze,
+  n_mod_since_analyze
+FROM pg_stat_user_tables
+ORDER BY n_mod_since_analyze DESC;
+
+-- Increase statistics target for high-cardinality columns
+ALTER TABLE users ALTER COLUMN email SET STATISTICS 1000;
+-- Default is 100, range is 0-10000
+-- Higher = better estimates, slower ANALYZE
+
+-- View column statistics
+SELECT
+  tablename,
+  attname,
+  n_distinct,      -- Estimated unique values
+  correlation,     -- Physical vs logical ordering (-1 to 1)
+  null_frac        -- Percentage of nulls
+FROM pg_stats
+WHERE tablename = 'users';
+```
+
+## Bloat Detection and Removal
+
+### Detect Table Bloat
+
+```sql
+-- Approximate bloat calculation
+SELECT
+  schemaname,
+  tablename,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename)) as total_size,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename)) as table_size,
+  round(100 * pg_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename)::numeric /
+        NULLIF(pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename), 0), 2) as table_pct,
+  n_dead_tup,
+  round(100.0 * n_dead_tup / NULLIF(n_live_tup + n_dead_tup, 0), 2) as dead_pct
+FROM pg_stat_user_tables
+WHERE pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename) > 10485760  -- > 10MB
+ORDER BY pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename) DESC;
+```
+
+### Detect Index Bloat
+
+```sql
+-- Unused indexes
+SELECT
+  schemaname,
+  tablename,
+  indexname,
+  idx_scan,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(indexrelid)) as index_size
+FROM pg_stat_user_indexes
+WHERE idx_scan = 0
+  AND indexrelname NOT LIKE '%pkey'
+ORDER BY pg_relation_size(indexrelid) DESC;
+
+-- Index size vs table size
+SELECT
+  schemaname,
+  tablename,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename)) as table_size,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename) -
+                 pg_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename)) as indexes_size,
+  round(100.0 * (pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename) -
+                 pg_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename))::numeric /
+        NULLIF(pg_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename), 0), 2) as index_ratio_pct
+FROM pg_stat_user_tables
+WHERE pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename) > 10485760
+ORDER BY pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename) DESC;
+```
+
+### Remove Bloat
+
+```sql
+-- Option 1: VACUUM FULL (locks table)
+VACUUM FULL users;
+
+-- Option 2: pg_repack (online, no locks)
+-- Command line: pg_repack -d mydb -t users
+
+-- Option 3: REINDEX (for index bloat)
+REINDEX TABLE users;
+REINDEX INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_users_email;  -- Non-blocking (PG 12+)
+
+-- Option 4: CLUSTER (rewrite table in index order, locks table)
+CLUSTER users USING users_pkey;
+```
+
+## pg_stat Monitoring Views
+
+### pg_stat_activity (Current Queries)
+
+```sql
+-- Active queries
+SELECT
+  pid,
+  usename,
+  application_name,
+  client_addr,
+  state,
+  query_start,
+  state_change,
+  query
+FROM pg_stat_activity
+WHERE state = 'active'
+  AND query NOT LIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
+ORDER BY query_start;
+
+-- Long-running queries
+SELECT
+  pid,
+  now() - query_start as duration,
+  state,
+  query
+FROM pg_stat_activity
+WHERE state = 'active'
+  AND (now() - query_start) > interval '5 minutes'
+ORDER BY duration DESC;
+
+-- Kill long-running query
+SELECT pg_cancel_backend(pid);  -- Graceful
+SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid);  -- Forceful
+
+-- Idle transactions (bad, hold locks)
+SELECT
+  pid,
+  usename,
+  state,
+  now() - state_change as idle_duration,
+  query
+FROM pg_stat_activity
+WHERE state = 'idle in transaction'
+  AND (now() - state_change) > interval '1 minute';
+```
+
+### pg_stat_database (Database-wide Stats)
+
+```sql
+SELECT
+  datname,
+  numbackends,  -- Active connections
+  xact_commit,
+  xact_rollback,
+  round(100.0 * xact_rollback / NULLIF(xact_commit + xact_rollback, 0), 2) as rollback_pct,
+  blks_read,
+  blks_hit,
+  round(100.0 * blks_hit / NULLIF(blks_hit + blks_read, 0), 2) as cache_hit_ratio,
+  tup_returned,
+  tup_fetched,
+  tup_inserted,
+  tup_updated,
+  tup_deleted
+FROM pg_stat_database
+WHERE datname = current_database();
+```
+
+### pg_stat_user_tables (Table Stats)
+
+```sql
+SELECT
+  schemaname,
+  relname,
+  seq_scan,        -- Sequential scans (high = may need index)
+  seq_tup_read,
+  idx_scan,        -- Index scans
+  idx_tup_fetch,
+  n_tup_ins,
+  n_tup_upd,
+  n_tup_del,
+  n_tup_hot_upd,   -- HOT updates (good, in-page updates)
+  n_live_tup,
+  n_dead_tup,
+  last_vacuum,
+  last_autovacuum,
+  last_analyze,
+  last_autoanalyze
+FROM pg_stat_user_tables
+ORDER BY seq_scan DESC;  -- Tables with most sequential scans
+```
+
+### pg_stat_user_indexes (Index Usage)
+
+```sql
+-- Index usage efficiency
+SELECT
+  schemaname,
+  tablename,
+  indexname,
+  idx_scan,
+  idx_tup_read,
+  idx_tup_fetch,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(indexrelid)) as index_size
+FROM pg_stat_user_indexes
+ORDER BY idx_scan;  -- Low idx_scan = potentially unused index
+
+-- Index hit ratio
+SELECT
+  schemaname,
+  tablename,
+  indexname,
+  idx_scan,
+  idx_tup_read,
+  idx_tup_fetch,
+  CASE WHEN idx_tup_read > 0
+    THEN round(100.0 * idx_tup_fetch / idx_tup_read, 2)
+    ELSE 0
+  END as hit_ratio
+FROM pg_stat_user_indexes
+WHERE idx_scan > 0
+ORDER BY hit_ratio;
+```
+
+### pg_statio_user_tables (I/O Stats)
+
+```sql
+SELECT
+  schemaname,
+  relname,
+  heap_blks_read,   -- Disk reads
+  heap_blks_hit,    -- Cache hits
+  round(100.0 * heap_blks_hit / NULLIF(heap_blks_hit + heap_blks_read, 0), 2) as cache_hit_ratio,
+  idx_blks_read,
+  idx_blks_hit,
+  toast_blks_read,
+  toast_blks_hit
+FROM pg_statio_user_tables
+WHERE heap_blks_read + heap_blks_hit > 0
+ORDER BY heap_blks_read DESC;
+```
+
+## Lock Monitoring
+
+```sql
+-- Current locks
+SELECT
+  l.pid,
+  a.usename,
+  a.query,
+  l.mode,
+  l.locktype,
+  l.granted,
+  l.relation::regclass
+FROM pg_locks l
+JOIN pg_stat_activity a ON l.pid = a.pid
+WHERE NOT l.granted
+ORDER BY l.pid;
+
+-- Blocking queries
+SELECT
+  blocked_locks.pid AS blocked_pid,
+  blocked_activity.usename AS blocked_user,
+  blocking_locks.pid AS blocking_pid,
+  blocking_activity.usename AS blocking_user,
+  blocked_activity.query AS blocked_statement,
+  blocking_activity.query AS blocking_statement
+FROM pg_catalog.pg_locks blocked_locks
+JOIN pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity blocked_activity ON blocked_activity.pid = blocked_locks.pid
+JOIN pg_catalog.pg_locks blocking_locks
+  ON blocking_locks.locktype = blocked_locks.locktype
+  AND blocking_locks.database IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.database
+  AND blocking_locks.relation IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.relation
+  AND blocking_locks.page IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.page
+  AND blocking_locks.tuple IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.tuple
+  AND blocking_locks.virtualxid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.virtualxid
+  AND blocking_locks.transactionid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.transactionid
+  AND blocking_locks.classid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.classid
+  AND blocking_locks.objid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.objid
+  AND blocking_locks.objsubid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.objsubid
+  AND blocking_locks.pid != blocked_locks.pid
+JOIN pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity blocking_activity ON blocking_activity.pid = blocking_locks.pid
+WHERE NOT blocked_locks.granted;
+```
+
+## Transaction ID Wraparound
+
+```sql
+-- Check distance to wraparound (should be < 1 billion)
+SELECT
+  datname,
+  age(datfrozenxid) as xid_age,
+  2147483647 - age(datfrozenxid) as xids_remaining
+FROM pg_database
+ORDER BY age(datfrozenxid) DESC;
+
+-- Per-table wraparound status
+SELECT
+  schemaname,
+  relname,
+  age(relfrozenxid) as xid_age,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||relname)) as size
+FROM pg_stat_user_tables
+ORDER BY age(relfrozenxid) DESC
+LIMIT 20;
+
+-- Prevent wraparound: VACUUM FREEZE
+VACUUM FREEZE;  -- All databases
+VACUUM FREEZE users;  -- Specific table
+```
+
+## Maintenance Checklist
+
+**Daily:**
+- Monitor autovacuum activity
+- Check for long-running queries
+- Verify replication lag (if applicable)
+- Check cache hit ratio
+
+**Weekly:**
+- Review slow queries from pg_stat_statements
+- Check for table/index bloat
+- Review unused indexes
+- Monitor disk space usage
+
+**Monthly:**
+- Review autovacuum settings
+- Reindex heavily updated indexes
+- Update statistics on large tables
+- Review database growth trends
+
+**Quarterly:**
+- Test backup restoration
+- Review and optimize slow queries
+- Capacity planning
+- PostgreSQL version updates
+
+## Helpful Maintenance Queries
+
+```sql
+-- Database size
+SELECT
+  pg_database.datname,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size(pg_database.datname)) as size
+FROM pg_database
+ORDER BY pg_database_size(pg_database.datname) DESC;
+
+-- Largest tables
+SELECT
+  schemaname,
+  tablename,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename)) as total_size,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename)) as table_size,
+  pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename) -
+                 pg_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename)) as index_size
+FROM pg_tables
+ORDER BY pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename) DESC
+LIMIT 20;
+
+-- Connection count by state
+SELECT
+  state,
+  count(*) as count
+FROM pg_stat_activity
+GROUP BY state
+ORDER BY count DESC;
+
+-- Reset statistics (after performance testing)
+SELECT pg_stat_reset();
+SELECT pg_stat_statements_reset();
+```