On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 07:02:52PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Patrick B wrote: > > > > > > I think it's safe to say that that has absolutely nothing to do > > > with the size being 3TB. They symptoms you report are a little > > > thin to diagnose the actual cause. > > > > might be... we're using SATA disks... and that's a big problem. But still.. > > the size of the DB is indeed a problem. > > Andrew is correct -- the size of the database is not a limitation for > pg_upgrade. Disk tech is not relevant either. You may run into the > problem that you don't have enough disk space, but then that is not a > database or pg_upgrade problem, is it? > > Other things might cause issues, but since you haven't actually reported > the problem, we don't know what is or whether there is any possible fix. > > Then again, if you want to report a pg_upgrade failure, I suggest you > open a thread of your own rather than hijack this one. You need only minimal disk space when using pg_upgrade --link. I agree we would like a full bug report so we can find a fix for you. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription + -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general