Re: Delete huge Table under XFS

Re: Joao Junior 2019-09-19 <CABnPa_hdHsdypn7HtXU81B9HcrVcimotnwfzE-MWwO1etWYJzA@mail.gmail.com>
> A table with 800 gb means 800 files of 1 gb. When I use truncate or drop
> table,  xfs that is a log based filesystem,  will write lots of data in its
> log and this is the problem. The problem is not postgres, it is the way
> that xfs works with big files , or being more clear, the way that it
> handles lots of files.

Why is the runtime of a DROP TABLE command important? Is anything
waiting for it?

Christoph