Tom,
I'm not finding any mention of CHECKPOINT in my references. Is that
something from a version newer than 7.1.2?
Tom Bakken
Information Resource Manager
Texas USDA, Rural Development
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From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 12:22 PM
To: Tom Bakken
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Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Out of space
"Tom Bakken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've been running a postgres for 2 or 3 years without a problem. This
> morning my disk space for the database filled up. I need to know what
> transaction/log files I can truncate or delete without compromising the
> system. These files are located under /var/lib/pgsql/data/
I wouldn't recommend deleting *any* files manually --- unless you find
core files or old files underneath a pgsql_tmp subdirectory. Those you
could zap at little risk.
The best approach is to free up a small amount of space elsewhere,
enough so you can get through a CHECKPOINT without failing. The
checkpoint will hopefully free up some space in pg_xlog. After that you
can look at dropping tables you don't need any more, VACUUM FULL, etc.
regards, tom lane
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