Re: Metric to calculate WAL size left to transfer to Standby - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Viral Shah
Subject Re: Metric to calculate WAL size left to transfer to Standby
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Msg-id CAKL_ojzNf_p2fuv_R86Vps2VNa87roxESh=JcjiNTWsPGwR7iw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Metric to calculate WAL size left to transfer to Standby  (Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>)
Responses Re: Metric to calculate WAL size left to transfer to Standby  (Viral Shah <vshah@nodalexchange.com>)
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Hello Laurenz,

Thank you so much for sending the query. It was exactly what I needed. I just made 1 modification to beautify the transfer and replay lag and I can see the size in bytes.

SELECT application_name, pg_size_pretty(pg_wal_lsn_diff(pg_current_wal_lsn(), flush_lsn)) AS transfer_lag,
pg_size_pretty(pg_wal_lsn_diff(pg_current_wal_lsn(), replay_lsn)) AS replay_lag
FROM pg_stat_replication;
I am now using zabbix to constantly monitor them and notify myself if it breaches a certain threshold.

Thanks again!

Best,
Viral Shah
Nodal Exchange LLC


On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 8:10 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
On Wed, 2021-04-14 at 17:50 -0400, Viral Shah wrote:
> We have a PostgreSQL 10.12 cluster of servers in two different data centers.
>  Off lately, in the case of a large WAL generation, we are seeing replication
>  delay between the master and the standby server. These delays have off lately
>  been there for an unusually long time. I was wondering if we have any metric
>  that can calculate the amount (size) of WAL transfer left between master and
>  standby?
>
> PS: We have ensured we have upgraded our firewalls for better speed transfer.
>
> Any help on how to figure out the slowness in the WAL transfer would be much appreciated.

SELECT pg_wal_lsn_diff(pg_current_wal_lsn(), flush_lsn) AS transfer_lag,
       pg_wal_lsn_diff(pg_current_wal_lsn(), replay_lsn) AS replay_lag
FROM pg_stat_replication;

If both are delayed, it might be that the network cannot cope.

If only the second number is delayed, you have replication conflicts
with queries on the standby.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com

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