Re: No control over max.num. WAL files

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: No control over max.num. WAL files
Date: 2011-05-25 12:44:34
Message-ID: BANLkTi=1zfS50n8KP7WU_9SeDpRGiXUUxg@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> wrote:
>
>> Note that "unneeded".  Obviously, you need more than that, probably
>> because you're restoring the database in one transaction (so none of
>> the files can be flushed).
>
> That's the way SQLServer and Oracle work, but not PostgreSQL. We can
> clear down WAL files even during a long running transaction.
>
> For us, "unneeded" means prior to the second-to-last checkpoint record.

I wonder if OP is outrunning his checkpoint writing?

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