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From: Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
To: pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: pgsql_tmp consuming most of the space.
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 00:04:09 -0500
Message-ID: <CANzqJaAW1aNcg95N=PEH44XFCUhEPsL7rVM4b10kkR0LBgEP0w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 11:51 PM jayesh thakare <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> In one of our production environment..
>
> pgsql_tmp is taking about half of the space in FS.
> And temp files are from Jan 2024.
>
> Our data fs is about to reach 98% percent..
>
> Kindly suggest us what should be done to resolve this issue?
>

Delete the pgsql_tmp file from *before* the last time the postmaster
started.


> pgsql_tmp contains temperorary files during sub query execution. Then why
> files are not getting deleted automatically after query completion?
>

Queries crashing can cause it.  What version of PG are you running?


> What are parameters that can be tuned to solve such issues in future?
>



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