My company is using PostgreSQL 9.1 for one of our applications. We have it set up replicating between two sites using WAL and Pacemaker to manage the cluster and failover. I have noticed that archive folder is growing very large 16G out of the 19G that the data directory is in total. We have the wal_keep_segments = 1000 set in the postgresql.conf file.
I thought that meant to keep the last 1000 files in the event that it was needed to catch up after falling behind. I am noticing that I have 12000 files in the archive directory. I know that includes the .backup files as well, but that is a smaller portion of the files in that directory.
Is there something that I am missing? Below is the replication section of the configuration file, if that helps.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated,
Keith
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# REPLICATION
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# - Master Server -
# These settings are ignored on a standby server
max_wal_senders = 2 # max number of walsender processes
# (change requires restart)
#wal_sender_delay = 1s # walsender cycle time, 1-10000 milliseconds
wal_keep_segments = 1000 # in logfile segments, 16MB each; 0 disables
#vacuum_defer_cleanup_age = 0 # number of xacts by which cleanup is delayed
#replication_timeout = 60s # in milliseconds; 0 disables
#synchronous_standby_names = '' # standby servers that provide sync rep
# comma-separated list of application_name
# from standby(s); '*' = all
# - Standby Servers -
# These settings are ignored on a master server
hot_standby = on # "on" allows queries during recovery
# (change requires restart)
max_standby_archive_delay = -1 # max delay before canceling queries
# when reading WAL from archive;
# -1 allows indefinite delay
max_standby_streaming_delay = -1 # max delay before canceling queries
# when reading streaming WAL;
# -1 allows indefinite delay
wal_receiver_status_interval = 2s # send replies at least this often
# 0 disables
hot_standby_feedback = on # send info from standby to prevent
# query conflicts
