Re: Large files in main/base

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Henry, Frank" <frank(dot)henry(at)barco(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Large files in main/base
Date: 2010-07-09 14:38:55
Message-ID: AANLkTimJ68WfQLz9oza9QdwviWEENKILLB3iA2xqs3yi@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Henry, Frank <frank(dot)henry(at)barco(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> We had a problem with one of our servers and had noticed that the
> postgres/8.3/main folder had become quite large (>650mb).
> PostgreSQL confirmed this via a query but when I queried the size of the
> tables I was barely reaching 3mb.
>
> After looking around, I found one file with about 580 mb. From the
> contents I have the feeling it is some kind of changelog or similar.

And it is? So close to telling us.

>
> My Questions:
> What is it?

Why don't you tell us?

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