From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>
To: Jeff Frost <jeff@frostconsultingllc.com>
Cc: Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com>
Cc: General Postgresql List <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Disk is full, what's cool to get rid of?
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:41:54 -0500
Message-ID: <1154025714.31664.95.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0607270931280.11632@discord.home.frostconsultingllc.com>
References: <44C8E7EB.3040608@myemma.com>
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0607270931280.11632@discord.home.frostconsultingllc.com>
I can't tell you the number of times that little trick has saved my
life.
On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 11:32, Jeff Frost wrote:
> You can probably just "tune2fs -m 0 <device name>" to give yourself enough
> space to get out of the jam before you go deleting things. Then you might
> want to vacuum full afterwards.
>
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Erik Jones wrote:
>
> > Hello, quick question. I've run into an issue with the disk that my
> > development box is on filling up and preventing pretty much any writing
> > (inserts, updates, deletes, etc...) from happening. Other than some piddly
> > text logs the db is pretty much the only thing on the box. So, my question
> > is: what can I do to free space and run a full vacuum? (I was not the one
> > who set up this box and there has been virtually no administration or
> > maintenance on it that I know of...) How about the WAL files in pg_xlog?
> > How critical are they when no data on the system is critical in and of
> > itself? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
> >
> >
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