Database: Reclaiming disk space (PostgreSQL) ============================================ .. tip:: This will only make a difference if you've enabled data cleanup retroactively, resulting in roughly more than a 25 percent data deletion of your entire database. Assuming you are using the default database, PostgreSQL, you may want to try a one-time vacuum by executing:: sudo su - postgres vacuumdb -f -v -z -d dsmrreader If there was any disk space to reclaim, the effect should be visible on the filesystem now.