# Upgrade Postgres with REALLY limited space

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-postgres-with-really-limited-space/201937>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [August 27, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-postgres-with-really-limited-space/201937 "2021-08-27T17:42:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wingtip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wingtip/32/102039_2.png) [@Wingtip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wingtip)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-postgres-with-really-limited-space/201937/17 "2022-02-13T21:55:21Z")

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```plaintext
root@forum-app:/shared/postgres_data# du -sh
97G .

```

I wouldn’t put it in read-only, I would put up a banner telling people their posts today are ephemeral. Better to let them chat about it even if those posts would be lost, in my view.

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