Show database bloat
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Show database bloat
Works with PostgreSQL
>=8.0
Written in
SQL
Depends on
Nothing
This snippet displays the estimated amount of bloat in your tables and indices. Snippet is taken from Greg Sabino Mullane's excellent check_postgres script.
SELECT current_database(), schemaname, tablename, /*reltuples::bigint, relpages::bigint, otta,*/ ROUND(CASE WHEN otta=0 THEN 0.0 ELSE sml.relpages/otta::numeric END,1) AS tbloat, CASE WHEN relpages < otta THEN 0 ELSE bs*(sml.relpages-otta)::bigint END AS wastedbytes, iname, /*ituples::bigint, ipages::bigint, iotta,*/ ROUND(CASE WHEN iotta=0 OR ipages=0 THEN 0.0 ELSE ipages/iotta::numeric END,1) AS ibloat, CASE WHEN ipages < iotta THEN 0 ELSE bs*(ipages-iotta) END AS wastedibytes FROM ( SELECT schemaname, tablename, cc.reltuples, cc.relpages, bs, CEIL((cc.reltuples*((datahdr+ma- (CASE WHEN datahdr%ma=0 THEN ma ELSE datahdr%ma END))+nullhdr2+4))/(bs-20::float)) AS otta, COALESCE(c2.relname,'?') AS iname, COALESCE(c2.reltuples,0) AS ituples, COALESCE(c2.relpages,0) AS ipages, COALESCE(CEIL((c2.reltuples*(datahdr-12))/(bs-20::float)),0) AS iotta -- very rough approximation, assumes all cols FROM ( SELECT ma,bs,schemaname,tablename, (datawidth+(hdr+ma-(case when hdr%ma=0 THEN ma ELSE hdr%ma END)))::numeric AS datahdr, (maxfracsum*(nullhdr+ma-(case when nullhdr%ma=0 THEN ma ELSE nullhdr%ma END))) AS nullhdr2 FROM ( SELECT schemaname, tablename, hdr, ma, bs, SUM((1-null_frac)*avg_width) AS datawidth, MAX(null_frac) AS maxfracsum, hdr+( SELECT 1+count(*)/8 FROM pg_stats s2 WHERE null_frac<>0 AND s2.schemaname = s.schemaname AND s2.tablename = s.tablename ) AS nullhdr FROM pg_stats s, ( SELECT (SELECT current_setting('block_size')::numeric) AS bs, CASE WHEN substring(v,12,3) IN ('8.0','8.1','8.2') THEN 27 ELSE 23 END AS hdr, CASE WHEN v ~ 'mingw32' THEN 8 ELSE 4 END AS ma FROM (SELECT version() AS v) AS foo ) AS constants GROUP BY 1,2,3,4,5 ) AS foo ) AS rs JOIN pg_class cc ON cc.relname = rs.tablename JOIN pg_namespace nn ON cc.relnamespace = nn.oid AND nn.nspname = rs.schemaname AND nn.nspname <> 'information_schema' LEFT JOIN pg_index i ON indrelid = cc.oid LEFT JOIN pg_class c2 ON c2.oid = i.indexrelid ) AS sml ORDER BY wastedbytes DESC
Notes
This query is for informational purposes only. It provides a loose estimate of table growth activity only, and should not be construed as a 100% accurate portrayal of space consumed by database objects. To obtain more accurate information about database bloat, please refer to the pgstattuple or pg_freespacemap contrib modules.