On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Andreas Hartmann <andreas(at)apache(dot)org> wrote:
> SELECT pg_database.datname,
> pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size(pg_database.datname)) AS size
> FROM pg_database where pg_database.datname = 'vvz_live_1';
>
> datname | size
> ---------------+---------
> vvz_live_1 | 2565 MB
>
> I wonder why the actual size is so much bigger than the data-only dump - is
> this because of index data etc.?
More probably because the database is totally bloated. Do you run
VACUUM regularly or did you set up autovacuum?
--
Guillaume