Re: How to free disk space

From: Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
To: Ruben Blanco <rubenblan(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to free disk space
Date: 2008-10-21 14:10:32
Message-ID: 48FDE2D8.5030105@iol.ie
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On 21/10/2008 11:59, Ruben Blanco wrote:

> My database is growing fast taking too much disk space. How can I free
> disk space without performing a VACCUM FULL? It locks the database for
> several hours, and that is not a solution.

You shouldn't need to do VACUUM FULL - plain VACUUM should do the job.
Have a trawl through the archives, as this topic comes up regularly.

Ray.

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