In an effort to update our Forum I did a fresh VPS install + Restore on the weekend. This was going to solve multiple issues for us: Renew outdated ubuntu Update Discourse Upgrade to Postgres 15 While generally things went fine I saw issues coming up afterwards with Postgres processes going wild…

Endlessly running Postgres processes & bad performance after Reinstall/restore

Falco (Falco) February 17, 2025, 2:08pm 3

After such moves it is a good idea to run a vacuum for database stats.

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