Hi all
Please assist on this scenario, I am a junior DBA, perhaps the question I have is too simple please bear with me. I have a server with one PostgreSQL database and the data reside in /usr/local/pgsql/data/ running on Redhat 9 O/S. File system looks as follows: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 73G 61G 8.7G 88% / /dev/hda1 99M 63M 32M 67% /boot none 441M 0 441M 0% /dev/shm Disc space utilization looks as follows where the data/ directory seems to be taking a lot of space compared to any other directories: >From / directory on user root/: Size directory 4.0K ./lost+found 58M ./boot 436K ./dev 900M ./proc 1.1G ./var 263M ./tmp 25M ./etc 26M ./root 57G ./usr 5.3M ./bin 2.0G ./home 4.0K ./initrd 68M ./lib 32K ./mnt 4.0K ./opt 15M ./sbin 4.0K ./misc 4.0K ./.automount 48K ./tftpboot 44K ./backup 211M ./u 8.0K ./backups 62G . - Size /usr/local/pgsql/data/base directory shows the following where 95186722/ takes a lot of space : 3.6M ./1 3.6M ./16975 51G ./95186722 4.8M ./4830693 51G . Some files (which are called table space names, please correct me if I am wrong?) listed under 95186722/ directory shows different sizes where the biggest of all is 440M : -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 16K May 5 12:50 219436402 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 16K May 5 12:50 219436401 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 16K May 5 12:50 219436400 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 16K May 5 12:50 219436399 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 34M May 5 12:50 219436274 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 42M May 5 12:50 219436273 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 43M May 5 12:50 219436272 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 42M May 5 12:50 219436271 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 34M May 5 12:50 219436270 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 42M May 5 12:50 219436269 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 42M May 5 12:50 219436268 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 51M May 5 12:50 219436267 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 34M May 5 12:50 219436266 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 51M May 5 12:50 219436265 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 15M May 5 12:50 218478745 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 11M May 5 12:50 218478744 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 10M May 5 12:50 218478743 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 13M May 5 12:50 218478742 -rw------- 1 postgres postgres 440M May 5 12:50 216081969.1 Now the dump file of the very same database created by using command : pg_dump -U user -O dbname > /tmp/filename is 2.8G big. : -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.8G May 5 12:47 db.dump The main question I have is: What makes the /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/95186722/ grow so big while the actual data with its schema is only 2.8G and that is there a way to reduce the table space sizes or anything related to that? Your response will be truly appreciated Thanks Khangelani Gama Confidentiality Notice:http://ucs.co.za/conf.html ________________________________ The contents of and attachments to this e-mail are intended for the addressee only, and may contain the confidential information of UCS Group and/or its subsidiaries. Any review, use or dissemination thereof by anyone other than the intended addressee is prohibited. If you are not the intended addressee please notify the writer immediately and destroy the e-mail. UCS Group Limited and its subsidiaries distance themselves from and accept no liability for unauthorised use of their e-mail facilities or e-mails sent other than strictly for business purposes.
