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From Jesse Josserand
Subject Newbie needs help with space issue
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Msg-id CAKkXB5Hx0h+qzWgkxTKJXp_pGKbVTzZLmepPhP2rQjcJrxDVfQ@mail.gmail.com
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Re: Newbie needs help with space issue  (raf <raf@raf.org>)
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I apologize in advance for bothering you, but I've not been able to get answers from the community by searches I've done, nor have I figured out how to post a question there.

I'm working for a gov't entity here in Mississippi and while I have extensive Oracle and MySQL experience, as well as Linux admin experience (which is what I was hired for), I've been given PostgreSQL DBA responsibilities since the last DBA quit abruptly (probably due to poor architecture and documentation here -- another thing I'm resolving).

I'm having serious space issues in a production environment and psql commands and queries are not helping me isolate it nor determine the root cause... possibly due to my naivete.

Would you be so kind as to give me some insight as to how to best determine what is growing to fast and why? I have a 20G disk that recently was increased to 40G and am now in less than 3 months almost out of space there again.

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