On 22 March 2010 14:29, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > Thom Brown <[email protected]> writes: > > On 22 March 2010 14:19, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Force a checkpoint, if one hasn't happened already. > > > Yeah, I've run a CHECKPOINT too, but no joy. Still the same number of > > files. > > Hm, it works for me. What PG version is this exactly? Are you sure > the active value of checkpoint_segments really changed? (Use SHOW) > > regards, tom lane >
This is version 8.4.3 postgres=# show checkpoint_segments; checkpoint_segments --------------------- 3 (1 row) Not sure if it's of any relevance, but the file name sequence seems to go a bit weird. Nov 25 19:49 0000000100000000000000FA Nov 26 17:25 0000000100000000000000FB Dec 16 14:50 0000000100000000000000FC Dec 17 04:00 0000000100000000000000FD Dec 17 15:26 0000000100000000000000FE Dec 17 15:27 000000010000000100000000 Dec 17 15:29 000000010000000100000001 Mar 22 14:28 0000000100000000000000BF And yes, this particular cluster has very low usage at the moment. Thom
