Re: Can't explain db size

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Matteo Grolla <matteo.grolla@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> -------Questions----------------
> 
> 1) Can you explain me the big difference between the result in A for table
> alf_node_properties: 17GB and the result in B: ~6GB ?
> 
> 2) Can you explain me the difference between the result in B: ~6GB and the
> result in C, the sum of all column sizes, 3717MB ?

Maybe there are some dead tuples, run a VACUUM FULL (be careful, it
requires an explicit lock). And please keep in mind that a table
can contains indexes and other objects. A nice explanation and some ways
to gather informations on table-, index- and database sizes can you find
here:
http://andreas.scherbaum.la/blog/archives/282-table-size,-database-size.html


Regards, Andreas
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