| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: WAL archiving and deletion of the WAL segments |
| Date: | 2006-04-10 16:43:26 |
| Message-ID: | 26901.1144687406@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca> writes:
> On April 10, 2006 09:28 am, "Just Someone" <just(dot)some(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> So my question is: Is what I'm seeing meaning the WAL archiving is
>> working? Or should I expect the file to be deleted?
> If the file is showing up in your archive target location, it's working.
> The file will remain in the pg_xlog directory for some time, and then
> eventually be recycled.
I'd expect the file to be renamed or deleted at the next checkpoint, so
"eventually" is not very long, unless you've increased the checkpoint
spacing parameters quite a lot ...
regards, tom lane
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