Re: vacuumdb -a -f

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: D Kavan <bitsandbytes88(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: vacuumdb -a -f
Date: 2005-08-17 18:59:37
Message-ID: 20050817185937.GE26491@alvh.no-ip.org
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On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 02:15:42PM -0400, D Kavan wrote:
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> 'du -h' in the base directory.
>
> >How are you finding out the DB size?

You are considering the difference in XLog segment size, right? The
pg_xlog directory may start almost empty and then start filling. The
space will not be recovered by any maintenance command.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]alvh.no-ip.org>)
Y dijo Dios: "Que sea Satanás, para que la gente no me culpe de todo a mí."
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