> If you set wal_keep_segments=0, archive_mode=on, and
> archive_command=<something>, you might run out of disk space.
>
> If you set wal_keep_segments=-1, you might run out of disk space.
>
> Are you any more screwed in the second case than you are in the first
> case?
It is the same to the user either way. In either case you have to
change some settings and restart the master.
Well, for the archive case, you could conceivably mass-delete the
archive files.
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