19.14. Memory Purge

Postgres Pro Enterprise provides memory purge configuration parameters that can automatically replace data with zero bytes before it is deleted. For details, see Section 34.1.

wipe_file_on_delete (boolean)

Replace a file with zero bytes before it is deleted.

Default: on

wipe_heaptuple_on_delete (boolean)

Replace a row version with zero bytes before it is deleted.

Default: on

wipe_memctx_on_free (boolean)

Clear random-access memory before it is freed. This parameter only controls the memory allocated as part of a particular context.

Default: on

wipe_mem_on_free (boolean)

Clear random-access memory before it is freed. This parameter controls the memory that does not belong to any context.

Default: on

wipe_xlog_on_free (boolean)

Replace WAL segments with zero bytes before they are deleted or overwritten.

Default: on