Re: FW: Serverlog 100GB - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: FW: Serverlog 100GB
Date
Msg-id 18476.1156480601@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to FW: Serverlog 100GB  ("Randy How" <rhow@i3.com>)
Responses Re: FW: Serverlog 100GB  ("Randy How" <rhow@i3.com>)
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"Randy How" <rhow@i3.com> writes:
> We're running PostGres on linux, version 8.1.x. on a new server for a few
> weeks.  And the serverlog just consumed the rest of the disk space - 100GB
> log file.  Wow, that's a personal record.

Perhaps choose less verbose logging settings?  But really the correct
answer to this is to set up a logfile rotation schedule, which you can
easily do with either syslog or redirect_stderr log methods.  I'd lean
to the latter myself.

            regards, tom lane

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