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| author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2004-12-28 19:08:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2004-12-28 19:08:58 +0000 |
| commit | 7737d01ece4823a6de70e57a35ab1c735984bd0b (patch) | |
| tree | ae8db528522b75fbf58d052401ab0f9f2b8d7ac6 /doc/src/sgml/diskusage.sgml | |
| parent | 31cc047d94193a98cf9753aa3181ab62f8210b7f (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-7737d01ece4823a6de70e57a35ab1c735984bd0b.tar.gz | |
More minor updates and copy-editing.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/diskusage.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/diskusage.sgml index 215519bc27..65cc6f651f 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/diskusage.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/diskusage.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/diskusage.sgml,v 1.12 2004/12/01 19:00:27 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/diskusage.sgml,v 1.13 2004/12/28 19:08:58 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter id="diskusage"> @@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/diskusage.sgml,v 1.12 2004/12/01 19:00:27 tgl Ex which is used to store values too wide to fit comfortably in the main table. There will be one index on the <acronym>TOAST</> table, if present. There may also be indexes associated - with the base table. + with the base table. Each table and index is stored in a separate disk + file — possibly more than one file, if the file would exceed one + gigabyte. Naming conventions for these files are described in <xref + linkend="file-layout">. </para> <para> @@ -135,6 +138,13 @@ SELECT relname, relpages FROM pg_class ORDER BY relpages DESC; not wait until the disk is completely full to take action. </para> </tip> + + <para> + If your system supports per-user disk quotas, then the database + will naturally be subject to whatever quota is placed on the user + the server runs as. Exceeding the quota will have the same bad + effects as running out of space entirely. + </para> </sect1> </chapter> |