> Source: [sk143852](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk143852)

# sk143852 - The postgres.elg file keeps growing

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk143852 |
| Date Created | 2019-01-03 |
| Last Modified | 2019-09-16 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Management Server, Multi-Domain Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.10, R81.20, R82 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * The `postgres.elg` file grows and fills up the disk space.

* The `postgres.elg` contains the following messages:

  `
  [DATE TIME PID] 82/48522802 ERROR: could not serialize access due to concurrent update
  `  
  `
  [DATE TIME PID] 3798265791 82/48522802 CONTEXT: SQL statement "SELECT 1 FROM ONLY "public"."gateways" x WHERE "obj_id" OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) $1 FOR SHARE OF x"
  `  
  `
  [DATE TIME PID] 82/48522802 STATEMENT: WITH UPSERT AS (UPDATE blade_status SET update_date = $1 , status_code = $2 , status_short_desc = $3 , status_long_desc = $4 WHERE obj_id = $5 AND status_blade_name = $6 RETURNING obj_id , status_blade_name ) INSERT INTO blade_status ( update_date , status_code , status_short_desc , status_long_desc , obj_id , status_blade_name ) SELECT $7 , $8 , $9 , $10 , $11 , $12 WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM UPSERT)`

## Cause

The monitoring Database is operating in a 'repeatable read' mode.

## Solution

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