Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([98.129.198.125]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TJNKf-0006Ky-G8 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:41:41 +0000 Received: from delta01.pnet.xcon.it ([62.48.53.16]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TJNKc-0003qQ-9v for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:41:40 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by delta01.pnet.xcon.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8FAD10339AEF; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:41:35 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at delta01.pnet.xcon.it Received: from delta01.pnet.xcon.it ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (delta01.pnet.xcon.it [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id bPGPljIeXm77; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:41:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.xcon.it (unknown [10.68.1.35]) (Authenticated sender: gabriele.bartolini@2ndquadrant.it) by delta01.pnet.xcon.it (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7EC2910339A13; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:41:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from eggIB-wan.comune.prato.it ([193.43.108.2]) by webmail.xcon.it with HTTP (HTTP/1.1 POST); Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:41:32 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:41:32 +0200 From: Gabriele Bartolini To: Greg Williamson Cc: Subject: Re: Database size stays constant but disk space keeps shrinking -- postgres 9.1 In-Reply-To: <1349215343.78143.YahooMailNeo@web125901.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1348783559.78739.YahooMailNeo@web125906.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <5064D7BC.1000709@pinpointresearch.com> <1348797684.2846.YahooMailNeo@web125904.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <10417.1348798479@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1348799034.68119.YahooMailNeo@web125902.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <1349215343.78143.YahooMailNeo@web125901.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: X-Sender: Gabriele.Bartolini@2ndQuadrant.it User-Agent: [X]con Webmail/0.4.2 X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Archive-Number: 201210/9 X-Sequence-Number: 40125 Hi Greg, On Tue, 2 Oct 2012 15:02:23 -0700 (PDT), Greg Williamson wrote: > Other than abandoning repmgr I don't see a solution. I've posted this > to the repmgr discussion group but have had zero responses (and, > frankly, am not holding my breath). If you are 100% sure it is repmgr ... :) I am not 100% sure it is ... Under normal circumstances (once the standby has been cloned), repmgr simply controls the status of a standby server communicating with a master through the streaming replication protocol. As any other standby would do. Cheers, Gabriele -- Gabriele Bartolini - 2ndQuadrant Italia PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support Gabriele.Bartolini@2ndQuadrant.it - www.2ndQuadrant.it