Re: WAL shipping and ever expanding pg_xlog - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: WAL shipping and ever expanding pg_xlog
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Msg-id b42b73150706130829y7d8f062bu35376a5066069096@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: WAL shipping and ever expanding pg_xlog  ("Michael Dengler" <michael.dengler@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: WAL shipping and ever expanding pg_xlog  ("Michael Dengler" <michael.dengler@gmail.com>)
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On 6/13/07, Michael Dengler <michael.dengler@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK....it looks like the slave machine has run out of space and that caused
> the xlog files to pile up on the master.
>
> Still...how do I prevent such all of the shipped WAL segments from remaining
> on the slave machine? Do I need to retain every single one? Can they be
> safely removed after the slave machine has restored the particular segment?

Are you using the pg_standy utility?  It has options to control this...

merlin

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