Greg Stark <gsst...@mit.edu> writes:
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> It is off-base. The receiver does not "request" data, the sender is
>> what determines how much WAL is sent when.
> Hm, so what happens if the slave blocks, doesn't the sender block when
> the kernel buffers fill up?
Well, if the slave can't keep up, that's a separate problem. It will
not fail to keep up as a result of the transmission mechanism.
regards, tom lane
--
Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org)
To make changes to your subscription:
http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
