Re: Estimate physical index size

From: Alejandro <ahmostovoi(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Estimate physical index size
Date: 2011-09-11 18:57:08
Message-ID: 4E6D0484.2000201@gmail.com
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Kevin,
thanks for reply.

I need to estimate the entire database size (tables, indexes,
etc.), prior to create it. I know how to calculate a table size, but I
don't know how to calculate an index size.

Thanks.

Alejandro

On 11/09/11 12:47, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Alejandro wrote:
>
>> I need to know how to estimate physical index size. I can't find
>> any formulas in online documentation.
>
> For an existing index you probably want pg_relation_size():
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/functions-admin.html#FUNCTIONS-ADMIN-DBSIZE
>
> -Kevin
>
>

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