Re: limited disk space

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: "David Parker" <dparker(at)tazznetworks(dot)com>
Cc: "postgres general" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: limited disk space
Date: 2005-03-30 17:54:50
Message-ID: 200503301954.51353.peter_e@gmx.net
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David Parker wrote:
> Is anybody running postgres in a similar constrained environment, or
> are there any general tips on controlling disk usage that somebody
> could point me to?

PostgreSQL is not particularly tuned to such scenarios. The only chance
you have to control disk usage is to vacuum and checkpoint a lot.
There is no general "use only X bytes" control, nor a combination of
controls that amount to such.

--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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