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Mention that tables have a visibility map fork alongside the main fork

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and FSM.
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Heikki Linnakangas 2009-04-23 10:20:27 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml,v 1.26 2008/10/06 14:13:17 heikki Exp $ --> <!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml,v 1.27 2009/04/23 10:20:27 heikki Exp $ -->
<chapter id="storage"> <chapter id="storage">
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main file (aka. main fork), a <firstterm>free space map</> (see main file (aka. main fork), a <firstterm>free space map</> (see
<xref linkend="storage-fsm">) that stores information about free space <xref linkend="storage-fsm">) that stores information about free space
available in the relation, is stored in a file named after the filenode available in the relation, is stored in a file named after the filenode
number, with the the <literal>_fsm</> suffix. number, with the <literal>_fsm</> suffix. Tables also have a visibility map
fork, with the <literal>_vm</> suffix, to track which pages are known to have
no dead tuples and therefore need no vacuuming.
</para> </para>
<caution> <caution>