Help on maintaining pgsql/data folder size - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Pradeepkumar, Pyatalo (IE10)
Subject Help on maintaining pgsql/data folder size
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Msg-id 77ED2BF75D59D1439F90412CC5B109741A76E8AA@ie10-sahara.hiso.honeywell.com
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Hi all,

I am using PostgreSQL 7.4.3. The problem I am facing is that the size of pgsql/data folder keeps increasing and at a point the it takes up all the disk space and it freezes the system. The pg_xlog and the pg_clog folders are taking up most of the disk space. In the documentation, it says that I have to move the pg_xlog folder to some other location and create a symbolic link to that path from the original path. But the problem is for our application, we are using a 512 MB compact flash and there is no harddisk....so I need to check the database folder size somehow. Could anyone help me out in this regard.

Between in order to recover the disk space, I am using a script which vacuums the database regularly.

Thanks in advance for all your valuable inputs.

Regards,
Pradeep

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