is this normal?

From: Chuming Chen <chen(at)musc(dot)edu>
To: pgsql-admin list <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: is this normal?
Date: 2005-04-04 13:27:25
Message-ID: 425140BD.3080902@musc.edu
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-admin

Dear all,

I have a postgresql database.

"du -ks /var/lib/pgsql/data" gives me the following disk usage
45592808 /var/lib/pgsql/data (about 44G)

But after I did a pg_dump, the dump file only has the size of 5.9 G.

Thank you for your kind reply and comments.

--
Chuming Chen
System Administrator
NHLBI Proteomics Center
Medical University of South Carolina
135 Cannon Street, Suite 303
Charleston SC 29425
Tel: 843-792-1555 (O)
Fax: 843-876-1126

Responses

Browse pgsql-admin by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Lee Wu 2005-04-04 14:25:49 Re: is this normal?
Previous Message Theo Galanakis 2005-04-04 04:50:13 Advice on mysql to postgres conversion.