Re: BUG #7521: Cannot disable WAL log while using pg_dump - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Gezeala M. Bacu=F1o II <gezeala@gmail.com>=
wrote:


>  The instance is cloned solely for
> backup purposes with zero modifications and autovacuum disabled.
>

For your restricted use case, it might be worthwhile to
turn full_page_writes OFF before starting the server. That should
definitely reduce a lot of WAL volume.

Thanks,
Pavan