On 12/2/25 06:47, Colin 't Hart wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One of my clients has Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Linux installed
> on their Postgres servers.
>
> I was testing a database restore from pgBackRest. The restore itself
> seemed to complete in a reasonable amount of time, but then the Postgres
> recovery started and it was extremely slow to retrieve and apply the WAL
> files.
>
> I noticed wdavdaemon taking most of the CPU, and Postgres getting very
> little.
>
> I wonder if anyone here has any experience with configuring exclusions
> so that the WAL files can be processed faster?
>
> AND
>
> Any advice on what to communicate with their IT department about using
> this on their database servers? I've never encountered it on Linux before...
Advice, don't let any Microsoft product contact anything you care about.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Colin
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