Add a note saying you need to manually reclaim disk space

People keep asking why their database hasn't gotten smaller after using this API. Signed-off-by: Aaron Raimist <aaron@raim.ist>
2018-11-18 12:37:56 -06:00 · 2018-11-18 12:37:56 -06:00 · f6cbef6332
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--- a/docs/admin_api/purge_history_api.rst
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@ -61,3 +61,11 @@ the following:
    }

 The status will be one of ``active``, ``complete``, or ``failed``.
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+Reclaim disk space (Postgres)
+-----------------------------
+
+To reclaim the disk space and return it to the operating system, you need to run
+`VACUUM FULL;` on the database.
+
+https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-vacuum.html