Hi We are experiencing this scenario - 1. at the point postgresql (postmaster) is stopped and restarted the disk usage was 56% (277336 blocks) 2. after about 2 days the disk usage is 69% (339528 blocks)... after about 1 week it goes up to 100% 3. after stopping and restarting postgresql (postmaster) again the disk usage is back to 56% Do we need to start and stop postgresql regularly to free up disk space - is this normal? I vacuum the databases regularly but this does not seem to make any difference. Many Thanks, Colleen. Colleen Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0207 484 8825 Digital Arts | British Columbia House | 1 Regent Street | London | SW1Y 4NR http://www.digital-arts.co.uk ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly