Re: pg_subtrans directory grows over 1 GB, is there a way to control it?

Dennis Wang <dennis_02_2002(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> I am using PostgreSQL database in a location recognition application, the files under postgresql/cluster is growing and over a few days it become very large as below.
> /var/opt/postgresql/cluster/data 166015 Kilobytes (the actual database data)
> /var/opt/postgresql/cluster/sys/pg_clog 74188 Kilobytes (transaction commit status data)
> /var/opt/postgresql/cluster/sys/pg_subtrans 1187032 Kilobytes (transaction status data)

I think the only way pg_subtrans can get that large is if you have a
client that's been sitting holding an open transaction for a very long
time. Take a look in pg_stat_activity.

The expected size of pg_clog varies depending on what PG version you're
using. In recent releases you can alter autovacuum_freeze_max_age to
trade off the size of pg_clog against the frequency of forced vacuums.

regards, tom lane