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diff --git a/docs/postgres.md b/docs/postgres.md index cbc32e1836..f2519f6b0a 100644 --- a/docs/postgres.md +++ b/docs/postgres.md @@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ to do step 2. It is safe to at any time kill the port script and restart it. +However, under no circumstances should the SQLite database be `VACUUM`ed between +multiple runs of the script. Doing so can lead to an inconsistent copy of your database +into Postgres. +To avoid accidental error, the script will check that SQLite's `auto_vacuum` mechanism +is disabled, but the script is not able to protect against a manual `VACUUM` operation +performed either by the administrator or by any automated task that the administrator +may have configured. + Note that the database may take up significantly more (25% - 100% more) space on disk after porting to Postgres. |