Re: Migrating tables to new tablespace, freed up space doesn't match moved data

[Prashanth Ranjalkar <prashant.ranjalkar@xxxxxxxxx>]

When any files that are in large size moved out or deleted,
      the reclaiming of the space at  certain operating system level may
      not be fast enough as soon as the operation is completed and may
      take time.. Another possibility would be that stats are not
      updated, worth to analyze the tables that are moved into
      tablespace.
    
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Thanks & Regards,

 

Prashanth Ranjalkar

Database Consultant & Architect

www.postgresdba.net

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Brian Fehrle <brianf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all,

I've set up a tablespace on a different partition from the main data directory. I moved a few tables and indexes over to the new tablespace and the disk space used in this new tablespace doesn't match the amount of data 'freed up' from the main data directory. The tablespace is sitting at 15 GB used, but the space freed up on the main partition is about 10 GB.

Any thoughts as to why I didn't see as much space freed up as I thought I would?

Thanks,
- Brian F


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