Re: Tablespace size in TB

Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Jan Karremans <karremans.ja@gmail.com>
Cc: masheed ullah <masheedullah@gmail.com>, Thiemo Kellner <thiemo@gelassene-pferde.biz>, pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2026-05-03T16:59:41Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Sun, 2026-05-03 at 14:25 +0200, Jan Karremans wrote:
> 
> > On 3 May 2026, at 14:21, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 2026-05-03 at 14:10 +0200, Jan Karremans wrote:
> > > Contrary to Oracle, a table space in PostgreSQL is a directory. And not a logical abstraction.
> > > Moving tables from one table space to another becomes so much easier by that.
> > 
> > I am confused.  Yes, if you have more than a single (default) tablespace,
> > moving tables between tablespaces becomes possible and hence easier.
> > But why would you want to move tables between tablespaces in the first place?
>
> My thinking would be to have the different directories on different tiers of storage.

I see.  That can indeed improve the throughput, but you don't need tablespaces for
that: it would be simpler to define a striped logical volume.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe