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<chapter id="storage"> |
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main file (aka. main fork), a <firstterm>free space map</> (see |
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<xref linkend="storage-fsm">) that stores information about free space |
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available in the relation, is stored in a file named after the filenode |
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number, with the the <literal>_fsm</> suffix. |
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number, with the <literal>_fsm</> suffix. Tables also have a visibility map |
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fork, with the <literal>_vm</> suffix, to track which pages are known to have |
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no dead tuples and therefore need no vacuuming. |
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</para> |
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<caution> |
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