On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:37 AM, Jasen Betts <jasen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2009-11-14, Joao Ferreira gmail <joao.miguel.c.ferreira@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> ok. thx all for the explanation >> >> my problem is I a heavilly bloated pg database that has just filled up >> the partition >> >> data is in /var/pgsql/.. and /var is 100% full... >> >> vacuum/reindex is saying: I can't do it cause I have no space :( >> >> how do I un-bloat the /var partition ? this is why I was considering >> rm !!!! > > If ubuntu or debian /var/cache/apt/archives/* can safely be removed > and will often free up a lot of space, (or on redhat > /var/cache/yum/*/packages/*) > > If you installed from source you may have several daily log files you > can remove, redhat seems also to keep the logs around > thse files are often found in /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_log and should > contain ascii text. Debian and ubuntu put them in /var/log/postgres > and use logrotate to trim them, but there maybe other files in /var/log > that can be truncated or erased to free up space. Also note that if you're on ext2/ext3 and your partitions were set up with some amount of reserved space for root you can free up some space for a minute by using tune2fs: sudo tune2fs -m 0 /dev/sda1 then turn it back to reserved when you're done: sudo tune2fs -m 2 /dev/sda1 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
