Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: > Came cross this when updating the cvs fix. We declare size requirements as: > Also check that you have sufficient disk space. You will need about > 65 MB for the source tree during compilation and about MB for > the installation directory. An empty database cluster takes about > 25 MB; databases take about five times the amount of space that a > flat text file with the same data would take. If you are going to > run the regression tests you will temporarily need up to an extra > 90 MB. Use the <command>df</command> command to check free disk
> My source *without* compile is 82 Mb, and with a build in it (linux > i686) is 110Mb during compilations, rather than 65. > An empty cluster takes about 33Mb. > The regression database takes about 132Mb. > (this is 8.4) > Should we fix these numbers, or just remove them? They're clearly > platform dependent, but perhaps there's still a point in including > them - mainly as hints? Maybe round them off to an order of magnitude. I think it's useful to have some idea of the size requirements, even if they change over time. It wouldn't be a bad idea to say "as of 8.4" or some such, too. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers