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PostgreSQL also benefits from regular maintenance such as vacumn, which optimizes the indexes and clears out any deleted data.

Type as follows in a terminal:

sudo -i

Enter the "dspace" user password. Then type:

su - postgres

crontab -e

Copy and paste the following:

20 4 * * * vacuumdb --analyze dspace > /dev/null 2>&1

CTL+O	= Save the file and then press Enter
CTL+X	= Exit "nano"
CTL+K	= Delete line
CTL+U	= Undelete line
CTL+W	= Search for %%string%%
CTL+\	= Search for %%string%% and replace with $$string$$
CTL+C	= Show line numbers