On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Niels Kristian Schjødt <nielskristian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > After installing my new server I just discovered something that doesn't seem right: > > sudo du -h /var/lib/postgresql/9.2/main <snip> > As you can see the pg_xlog folder is 202G, which is more than my entire database - this seems wrong to me, however I have no clue why this would happen. My first guess would be that your archive_command is failing - so check your logs for that. If that command fails, no xlog files will ever be rotated (since it would invalidate your backups). -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
