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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade: can I use same binary for old & new?
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:30:20 -0400
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[email protected] writes:
> On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 11:11:32 -0700 Adrian Klaver wrote:
>> How did you measure above?

> # du -sb /var/lib/pgsql/data
> 8227910662297   /var/lib/pgsql/data

It's likely that there's a deal of bloat in that.  Even if there's not
much bloat, this number will include indexes and WAL data that don't
appear in pg_dump output.

>> What was the pg_dump command?

> Didn't try given:
> $ df /mnt/db
> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sdh1        17T   13T  3.0T  82% /mnt/db

I'd say give it a try; be sure to use one of the pg_dump modes
that compress the data.

			regards, tom lane

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