On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Melvin Davidson <melvin6925@gmail.com> wrote:
> >That means there will be at least 256 files before postgres delete them?
>
> Yes!
Not exactly. To be more precise, for an instance generating WAL, the
decision regarding the number of WAL segments to remove or recycled is
done at the creation of a checkpoint, for a standby that's when a
restart point is created. See where KeepLogSeg() in xlog.c.
--
Michael
