Re: DB size difference after restore

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 6:21 PM Sonam Sharma <sonams1209(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hello Ben,
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> When we do \l+ , it is different than source, when we load backup from
> target server.
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Backup is taken using pg_dump and its loaded as psql db name <backup>

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> Regards,
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> Sonam
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> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 6:17 PM Benjamin Scherrey <
> scherrey(at)proteus-tech(dot)com> wrote:
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>> If you're talking about space on drive then you can expect the new one to
>> be smaller generally as it has been straight efficient writes rather than a
>> bunch of updates and deletes which create "holes" in the physical file
>> space.
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>> It helps if you are more detailed as to what you've observed if you want
>> a more specific answer.
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>> - - Ben Scherrey
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>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018, 7:43 PM Sonam Sharma <sonams1209(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>>> I have restored the database from backup dump but the size of source and
>>> target databases are different. What can be the reason for this ?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Sonam
>>>
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