I know that, but with neither database activity or chekpoint, it doesn't force anything. The fact is that there are checkpoints being executed every checkpoint_timeout, and I don't understand why as if no WAL has been written we should not care about passing the timeout.
On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Tom DalPozzo <t.dalpozzo@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I have: > checkpoint_timeout = 2min > wal_level = archive > archive_mode=on > archive_timeout = 30 > > With NO dbase activity, I see the WAL being modified every 2min (and, > consequently, one WAL file archived every 2min too ). > > Is it right? I read: "If no WAL has been written since the previous > checkpoint, new checkpoints will be skipped even if checkpoint_timeout has > passed."
