On 2010-01-21, Fernando Schapachnik <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a big database on FS1, now almost full. Have space on FS2, > where I created a tablespace and moved every table and index to it. > Still, lots of space used on FS1. The problem is not pg_xlog, but > base: > > # du -hs base/105658651/* | fgrep G > 1,0G base/105658651/106377323 > 1,0G base/105658651/106377323.1 > 1,0G base/105658651/106377323.2 > 1,0G base/105658651/106377323.3 > 1,0G base/105658651/106377323.4 > 1,0G base/105658651/125520217 > 1,0G base/105658651/127352052 > 1,0G base/105658651/127352052.1 > 1,0G base/105658651/127352052.2 > 1,0G base/105658651/127352052.3 > 1,0G base/105658651/127352052.4 > 1,0G base/105658651/127352052.5 > > Unfortunately no volume management is available, so I can't move > disks from FS2 to FS1. > > I could play soft links tricks, but I'm afraid of paying the > FS-traversal penalty on each file access (is that right?). > > So, any way of instructing PG (8.1 if that matters) to place those > files elsewhere without an initdb? Linux has "mount -o bind" which works like a symlink, but at a lower level. You appear to use BSD which appears to have an equivalent in nullfs. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
