Re: postgresql meltdown on PlanetMath.org

From: Aaron Krowne <akrowne(at)vt(dot)edu>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgresql meltdown on PlanetMath.org
Date: 2003-03-18 02:31:22
Message-ID: 20030318023122.GN3703@vt.edu
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I should have paid more attention to the disk space before... but it
looks like somewhere between half a gig and a gig was freed! The disk
footprint is about a gig now.

Aaron Krowne

On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 03:37:32AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Aaron Krowne <akrowne(at)vt(dot)edu> writes:
> > So, either it is broken, or doing a VACUUM FULL ANALYZE rather than just
> > VACUUM ANALYZE made all the difference. Is this possible (the latter,
> > we know the former is possible...)?
>
> If your FSM parameters in postgresql.conf are too small, then plain
> vacuums might have failed to keep up with the available free space,
> leading to a situation where vacuum full is essential. Did you happen
> to notice whether the vacuum full shrunk the database's disk footprint
> noticeably?
>
> regards, tom lane

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