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/README.TXT: Full database import: disk space: documented that the entire disk again gets used long after the beginning of the import, when only a few datasources are running (ie. it definitely seems to be a recent bug in Postgres, and not a latent problem)

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			again. (the high-water mark varies by import.)
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		although the import schema itself is only 315 GB, Postgres uses
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			significant temporary space at the beginning of the import.
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			the total disk usage oscillates between 1.2-1.8 TB in the first
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			3+ hours (for import started @12:55:09, high-water marks of
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			1.7 TB @14:00:25, 1.8 TB @15:38:32).
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			the total disk usage oscillates between 1.2 TB and the entire disk
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			for the first day (for import started @12:55:09, high-water marks of
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			1.7 TB @14:00:25, 1.8 TB @15:38:32, entire disk for 4 min
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			@05:35:44 w/ only a few datasources running).
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		To free up space, remove backups that have been archived on jupiter:
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			List backups/ to view older backups
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			Check their MD5 sums using the steps under On jupiter below

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