Re: Restoring database disk space requirements???

From: "Gordan Bobic" <gordan(at)freeuk(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Restoring database disk space requirements???
Date: 2001-06-18 15:03:05
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> > Can somebody please explain to me why is it that 20 Gb of disk
space
> > is required to restore 5 GB of data?
>
> You may wish to apply the patch at
>
http://www.ca.postgresql.org/mhonarc/pgsql-patches/2001-06/msg00061.ht
ml

Ah, excellent. I will try that as soon as my current restore attempt
finishes/breaks.

> > What is going on? I have had this same problem with v7.0, and now
with
> > v7.1.
>
> Rather hard to believe, since there was no WAL in 7.0.

Sorry, I meant in upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1.

Thanks.

Gordan

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