On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 15:20 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > The attached patch allows wal_keep_segments = -1 to keep all segements; > this is particularly useful for taking a base backup, where you need all > the WAL files during startup of the standby. I have documented this > usage in the patch as well. > > I am thinking of applying this after 9.0 beta2 if there is no objection.
It's not clear to me why "keep all files until server breaks" is a good setting. Surely you would set this parameter to the size of your disk. Why allow it to go higher? -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
