[[PageOutline]] = Performance = = PostgreSQL tips = == Total size of BLOBs == BLOBs are stored in the `pg_largeobject` in postgres. Each BLOB is divided into rows (pages) of 2048 bytes typically. More info [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/catalog-pg-largeobject.html here] Query below computes the space that all BLOBs take. {{{ SELECT pg_size_pretty(count(loid) * 2048) FROM pg_largeobject; }}} == Size of individual BLOBs == {{{ SELECT loid, pg_size_pretty(count(*) * 2048) FROM pg_catalog.pg_largeobject GROUP BY loid ORDER BY count(*) DESC; }}} == Size of tables == {{{ SELECT tablename, pg_size_pretty(size) AS size_pretty, pg_size_pretty(total_size) AS total_size_pretty FROM (SELECT *, pg_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename) AS size, pg_total_relation_size(schemaname||'.'||tablename) AS total_size FROM pg_tables) AS TABLES WHERE TABLES.schemaname = 'public' ORDER BY total_size DESC; }}}