Re: Database Size Limiting - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Database Size Limiting
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Msg-id 40B62F63.6070808@commandprompt.com
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In response to Database Size Limiting  ("Campano, Troy" <Troy.Campano@LibertyMutual.com>)
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Re: Database Size Limiting
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Hello,

You could use Filsystem quotas but I strongly suggest against it as it
will probably bring about database corruption.

A better solution would be to monitor the space being allocated so you
can add storage as required.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


Campano, Troy wrote:
> -->
>
> Is there a way to limit the size that an individual database can take up?
>
> My understanding is that all your databases go into a file system which
> is your ‘catalog cluster’.
>
> But all the databases can grow until that filesystem is full.
>
> Is there a way to limit how big a database can be? Can you allocated
> space when the database is set up so you can say db1 can only be 100 MB?
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>
> *Troy Campano*
>


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