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Re: Tablespace size in TB

Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>

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From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Jan Karremans <karremans.ja@gmail.com>, masheed ullah <masheedullah@gmail.com>
Cc: Thiemo Kellner <thiemo@gelassene-pferde.biz>, pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2026-05-03T12:21:23Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
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?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe