Disk Usage
From PostgreSQL wiki
Finding the size of various object in your database
General Table Size Information
This will report size information for all tables, in both raw bytes and "pretty" form.
SELECT *, pg_size_pretty(total_bytes) AS total , pg_size_pretty(index_bytes) AS INDEX , pg_size_pretty(toast_bytes) AS toast , pg_size_pretty(table_bytes) AS TABLE FROM ( SELECT *, total_bytes-index_bytes-COALESCE(toast_bytes,0) AS table_bytes FROM ( SELECT c.oid,nspname AS table_schema, relname AS TABLE_NAME , c.reltuples AS row_estimate , pg_total_relation_size(c.oid) AS total_bytes , pg_indexes_size(c.oid) AS index_bytes , pg_total_relation_size(reltoastrelid) AS toast_bytes FROM pg_class c LEFT JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace WHERE relkind = 'r' ) a ) a;
Finding the largest databases in your cluster
Databases to which the user cannot connect are sorted as if they were infinite size.
SELECT d.datname AS Name, pg_catalog.pg_get_userbyid(d.datdba) AS Owner, CASE WHEN pg_catalog.has_database_privilege(d.datname, 'CONNECT') THEN pg_catalog.pg_size_pretty(pg_catalog.pg_database_size(d.datname)) ELSE 'No Access' END AS SIZE FROM pg_catalog.pg_database d ORDER BY CASE WHEN pg_catalog.has_database_privilege(d.datname, 'CONNECT') THEN pg_catalog.pg_database_size(d.datname) ELSE NULL END DESC -- nulls first LIMIT 20
Finding the size of your biggest relations
Relations are objects in the database such as tables and indexes, and this query shows the size of all the individual parts. Tables which have both regular and TOAST pieces will be broken out into separate components; an example showing how you might include those into the main total is available in the documentation, and as of PostgreSQL 9.0 it's possible to include it automatically by using pg_table_size here instead of pg_relation_size:
Note that all of the queries below this point on this page show you the sizes for only those objects which are in the database you are currently connected to.
SELECT nspname || '.' || relname AS "relation", pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(C.oid)) AS "size" FROM pg_class C LEFT JOIN pg_namespace N ON (N.oid = C.relnamespace) WHERE nspname NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema') ORDER BY pg_relation_size(C.oid) DESC LIMIT 20;
Example output (from a database created with pgbench, scale=25):
relation | size
------------------------+------------
public.accounts | 326 MB
public.accounts_pkey | 44 MB
public.history | 592 kB
public.tellers_pkey | 16 kB
public.branches_pkey | 16 kB
public.tellers | 16 kB
public.branches | 8192 bytes
Finding the total size of your biggest tables
This version of the query uses pg_total_relation_size, which sums total disk space used by the table including indexes and toasted data rather than breaking out the individual pieces:
SELECT nspname || '.' || relname AS "relation", pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(C.oid)) AS "total_size" FROM pg_class C LEFT JOIN pg_namespace N ON (N.oid = C.relnamespace) WHERE nspname NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema') AND C.relkind <> 'i' AND nspname !~ '^pg_toast' ORDER BY pg_total_relation_size(C.oid) DESC LIMIT 20;
Sizes before 8.1
The pg_relation_size functions were introduced in PostgreSQL 8.1. In earlier versions, the following query can be used instead, returning the size in megabytes:
SELECT relname, (relpages * 8) / 1024 AS size_mb FROM pg_class ORDER BY relpages DESC LIMIT 20;
You'll need to account for TOAST yourself here. Bear in mind also that relpages is only up-to-date as of the last VACUUM or ANALYZE on the particular table.
Sizes in 8.4 and later
In 8.4, pg_relation_size was changed to use the regclass type, which means that pg_relation_size(data_type_name) no longer works.
Easy access to these queries
~/.psqlrc tricks: table sizes shows how to make it easy to run size related queries like this in psql.
