Re: disk filling up - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: disk filling up
Date
Msg-id 6791.1185859156@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: disk filling up  ("Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: disk filling up  ("Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
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"Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
> third (but unlikely) possibility is there are various dropped tables,
> etc which need to be deleted but there are stale postgresql processes
> holding on to the fd.  This would only happen following a postmaster
> crash or some other bizarre scenario, but i've seen it on production
> box.

Brent Reid reported something similar in bug #3483 but I'm still quite
unclear how it'd happen in any realistic scenario.  Can you create a
test case?

            regards, tom lane

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