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Spirent TestCenter: How to free space in my local disk due to high utilization by PostgresSQL database?

Environment/Versions
  • Spirent TestCenter
    • 5.01

 
Answer
When you do a test on Spirent TestCenter, all the results displayed on TestCenter IQ are stored in a PostgreSQL database locally on your Windows System, folder: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL. To free space securely on this folder, you can open the Spirent TestCenter IQ (From the GUI go to: View-> Launch TestCenter IQ), sort the results by file size and delete the ones you do not need.
 
 

Before delete any test result, you can back up any of these by exporting them using the “Export” option in the Actions column.

If you are using Spirent TestCenter version ≥ 5.01, you can prevent this issue by setting a storage limit for TestCenter IQ in the TestCenter IQ settings as it showed below:
 


 

Product : Windows GUI