Re: Tablespace size in TB

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Jan Karremans <karremans(dot)ja(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: masheed ullah <masheedullah(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thiemo Kellner <thiemo(at)gelassene-pferde(dot)biz>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Tablespace size in TB
Date: 2026-05-03 16:59:41
Message-ID: 16220683f58d6ce349aee3511d4a6328d03daa82.camel@cybertec.at
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On Sun, 2026-05-03 at 14:25 +0200, Jan Karremans wrote:
>
> > On 3 May 2026, at 14:21, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 2026-05-03 at 14:10 +0200, Jan Karremans wrote:
> > > Contrary to Oracle, a table space in PostgreSQL is a directory. And not a logical abstraction.
> > > Moving tables from one table space to another becomes so much easier by that.
> >
> > I am confused. Yes, if you have more than a single (default) tablespace,
> > moving tables between tablespaces becomes possible and hence easier.
> > But why would you want to move tables between tablespaces in the first place?
>
> My thinking would be to have the different directories on different tiers of storage.

I see. That can indeed improve the throughput, but you don't need tablespaces for
that: it would be simpler to define a striped logical volume.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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