Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sNEFX-007Tr1-95 for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:14:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sNEFV-005gEd-Kv for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:14:57 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sNEFU-005gEU-Ko for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:14:57 +0000 Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([64.68.200.34]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sNEFO-00418E-66 for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:14:56 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C6CA61147; Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:14:48 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=elevated-dev.com; s=easymail; t=1719591288; bh=TCEwXawDJeCeRTEdQsC6TaL7HScj7JWfHrpwwVR45RU=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To:From; b=dLKX7VgC3rDCS61IpBNBqrZjd3qykSIO+iHy0pe24M7kt22zMWLfcVJyNwixEY055 T4W4kCYKkOgzMeGgGgd27deN/liRE7SuLO9wz5wAj4BehrfeJj47ESo5WJwiTcK5Sy Zwnjei1who7o7obzeXbu+NnuONjJ72SwhF36Hl5RsgEWEdY8ekr2wMdk4pZka/Rcep I1dy6xp2DvKT3s6nlO3JQX64clRaKPVezssfwFAPcko+hLPwIZNMtTsWGHh1KEBKCJ Si/qPPctuERWKrQ1MLkGqFpSJKpXrWCSco6D/+t88ktOIQrKr8H44kM3J4JTkNB+O1 QxcAfMC2HABMQ== X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at emo09-pco.easydns.vpn Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (emo09-pco.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id od3vFoB4OmEf; Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:14:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpclient.apple (unknown [165.140.184.195]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9B71061080; Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:14:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=elevated-dev.com; s=easymail; t=1719591287; bh=TCEwXawDJeCeRTEdQsC6TaL7HScj7JWfHrpwwVR45RU=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To:From; b=Dhi2czFrfltBHZ9t4br+Agwv33iwoypdy5rjRiEFgqbb+mYkImj1jxXLWqn5e+Ruw WmKnlHaTBlDp/hatzapV/BIUDAb+gNzech3g2rCDTPLOGwZovDyIdOfi8jNRgvappO +YTisMZe4F3FJd482V7il2+Zq2ZSB3DScpVkkT3nPEF9Vw6A0E7F2ML0cXYg2kyt2l cVAqGsCCK1CFmCpHmtHunLRkTRKwNg6GLjMoIM6UQxHO6rZKC6q7270c+9n17DEavt XIlbdup6lUkF+lkeYpaAGfBhruyJzwUGI5fws8egZkuA02iIGB8tQoSFOLW09F+d28 ofSvEiHUGg9ng== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3774.600.62\)) Subject: Re: Free disk space decreasing after running Vaccum Full From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:14:36 -0600 Cc: Wells Oliver , Ron Johnson , Pgsql-admin Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <363CFCD0-C71F-45A3-ACB3-07C0A0E3B9D3@elevated-dev.com> References: To: Sabyasachi Mukherjee X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3774.600.62) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Perhaps WAL is accumulating from those table rewrites. Could be your WAL = settings, and that the WAL will get reused eventually, which is no = problem. Could be you have WAL archiving or replication slots, and = archiving or replication is broken, and WAL will accumulate until it = fills the disk. That needs to be looked at. But the question still remains as to why you = are running VACUUM FULL?=