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I've tried installing Railway CLI, to my postgres, but no luck

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hello, can anyone help ? my workflow isn't running much things

but its high

update

how to reduce disk usage ?

There's not much you can do about optimizing n8n resource usage besides enabling serverless, it all depends on what workflows you are running and according to the metrics you showed just the disk usage seems a bit high.

You have two ways of clearing your volume

1. If you wanna prevent data loss: Using the FileBrowser template and deleting your uploaded files (remember to follow the template instructions)

2. If you don't care about the volume data: You can wipe it by right-clicking on the volume -> disconnect volume -> click on it -> settings -> scroll down -> wipe volume -> reattach volume to the service -> redeploy service

Thanks ! I'll try no.1
Well if i do no.2 i need to relogin and retype all of my API keys gin which is not really a big deal, but i'll try no.1
Thanks for the info. I'll get back to you !

i think i'm very noob, since i cant find the template instructions to follow to

can't seem to find it

i tried using pgadmin instead, but i dont understand how to remove files hahaha, helpp

i think i'm wrong, pgadmin and filebrowser is a different kind of browser :/
help

would love the help

PG Admin is a database client, you can't access files through that.

As you stated, you uploaded files so you need a filebrowser.

You see the disciplined-volume? did you add that? where that volume came from?

You need to disconnect the n8n volume (I think it's the 'Worker' volume, not 100% sure about it though), you can do so by right clicking the volume -> disconnect volume.

Then you need to attach the disconnected volume into the Filebrowser service, you can do so by clicking the Mount button, selecting the Filebrowser service and set the path to /data

Redeploy the Filebrowser service, access it and the files should be visible.

If your uploaded files aren't in the Worker service volume then try the same with the Primary service

If you are still having trouble I can record a video on how to do it by the end of the day (just arrived at my office)

It s created by the template

Wow would love to see the video tutorial !

Because i cant disconnect the volume from my n8n

The disconnect button isnt there

Yep we had disabled that, had too many users that disconnected or deleted their volume and lost data.

I see, then how do i clean up my n8n volume ?

Why does it need to be cleaned?

High usage, i want to cut costs

He uploaded some files to that volume through n8n

As i stated, Because i only have 3 workflows which all of them are idle. But somehow its taking almost 1 gigs

I would advise against trying anything here, you would be putting yourself at a high risk of data loss

So, is the solution only to wipe the volume ?

My advise would be simply to leave it as is

The cost that i pay would pile up, to something i didnt use that much

The database's volume has ~600mb used?

I believe it will only add up, and no way of cleaning it. And it might be even bigger cost later on if i dont know how to clean the files

Right now is 1gb

Where do you see that?

Here

None of those graphs display 1GB?

Its outdated

It should be daring-volume, the green one

Maybe so, but they still do not display 1GB as of right now

632MB

Yes and still it should be cleaned up

Since i only store 3 n8n workflows there, and alot of API keys which would be a huge hassle of i need to input everything again

And if i dont know how to clean that up, in the future the price might pile up and gets very expensive monthly

My advise stands, I think medim would agree here

So there are no solution to cleanup my n8n volume, to cut costs ?

Its at 632MB, we are not at the point to worry about cleaning it up

Only wiping and re-do everything again

Yes, i told you that its for future purposes

If you can't access and delete those uploaded files directly through your n8n dashboard it's better to leave it that way than messing with volumes and overcomplicating solutions

Okay so the solution is when it piles up too much, i need to wipe the volume and re-do everything from scratch

$5GB of data will cost 75 cents

You can do what I suggested but it's complex and can cause a data loss, If you gonna do that to every file you upload then it will become tiresome.

I took a look at n8n forums and seems like you can send delete commands as actions in n8n and delete those files

As i stated this is for future knowledge if the data has piled up so much. Since i need to know if i can use railway longterm or not

Yes i want to risk that, but the disconnect volume button isnt there

https://community.n8n.io/t/delete-downloaded-files-in-workflow-after-ran/33043/4

Maybe i mis read the bill, but it surprises me to see $13.21

There are more costs than just disk

Oh yea, the highest cost is the memory
Seems i got mixed up from memory and volume while trouble shooting

Sorry to get distracted, since the title is already memory usage. Its my mistake i searched disk and drag you guys along

Can i know how to reduce memory usage ?

I hope that would be easier

The software simply uses the memory it needs, it out of your hands unfortunately

Ahh 😖 😢 i see

Is enabling serverless a good idea for my usecase ?

Yes, it's the best you can do, just test it thoroughly to see that it doesn't interrupt any workflows.

!s