Lee Garrett answers me:
> >What? Doesn't the autovacuumer start to free up space after a few
> >seconds and then the space will gradually become available?
> 
> No, that's not how autovacuum works. See
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/sql-vacuum.html.
> 
> Regarding "plain" vacuum: "However, extra space is not returned to
> the operating system (in most cases); it's just kept available for
> re-use within the same table."

The same TABLE! I thought the same database or cluster. The same table
is quite a restriction.

I'll think about this again.

Arnt

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