Re: Database storage bloat - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Database storage bloat
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Msg-id 13514.1081433719@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Database storage bloat  (reina_ga@hotmail.com (Tony Reina))
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reina_ga@hotmail.com (Tony Reina) writes:
> However, a 65X bloat in space seems excessive.

Without concrete details about your schema, it's hard to answer that.
I suspect you made some inefficient choices, but have no data.

For starters you should do a database-wide VACUUM to ensure
pg_class.relpages is up to date, then look to see which tables and
indexes contain the most pages.

            regards, tom lane

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