In 7.1.3 and 7.2, there are only 2-3 WAL files kept because
there is no need to keep them after a checkpoint. Is there
any need to have these WAL config paramaters anymore?
I missed what's you propose to remove.
I am not proposing to remove anything. I just want to make sure
Robert F. mentioned that there is a config parameter controlling the number
of WAL files in postgresql.conf.
I just looked at the Doc on this I found WAL_FILES, which appears to
specify the number of files to create in advance, but it is no clear to me
that this limits the total number of WAL
In 7.1.3 and 7.2, there are only 2-3 WAL files kept because there is no
need to keep them after a checkpoint. Is there any need to have these
WAL config paramaters anymore?
We currently have in postgresql.conf:
#wal_buffers = 8# min 4
#wal_files = 0 # range 0-64
#wal_sync_method =
In 7.1.3 and 7.2, there are only 2-3 WAL files kept because there is no
need to keep them after a checkpoint.
This answers my original question- it sounds like after 3, they get recycled
or deleted, so if I reserve 48Mb (3*16) for these, I should be OK. ...Right?
Is there any need to have
In 7.1.3 and 7.2, there are only 2-3 WAL files kept because
there is no need to keep them after a checkpoint. Is there
any need to have these WAL config paramaters anymore?
I missed what's you propose to remove.
I am not proposing to remove anything. I just want to make sure they
are
Two sort of WAL related questions
1) Is point-in-time recovery using a pg_dumpall and the associated WAL
files still planned for 7.2?
2) When is 7.2 planned to be released?
-crl
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