On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 11:28 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote: > Tom, > > > Let's go with the easy fix. With regular 1GB segment size, having a few > > empty files in the data directory isn't going to hurt anyone. > > No, but it will confuse DBAs ("What the heck are all these 0B files?"). > Maybe > we should add code to VACUUM to look for these empty file segments and unlink > them if they haven't been touched in a while (say, a day?).
I don't buy this argument. A smart DBA isn't going to do any such thing. If you go around deleting unknown files you deserve everything you get. Especially if you are in the middle of a PostgreSQL cluster tree. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings