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From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Archive cleanup
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2023 19:44:28 -0500
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On 8/5/23 19:36, Rajesh Kumar wrote:
> Archive is must for point in time recovery right?
>
> On Fri, 4 Aug 2023 at 06:48, Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 5:04 AM Rajesh Kumar
>     <rajeshkumar.dba09@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         Hi friends,
>
>         Anybody let me know how to automate the archive clean up in postgres.
>
>
>     If the only reason you have an archive is so a standby can get the
>     WAL, then you can just use a slot instead.  If you don't have an
>     archive, you don't need to clean it up.
>
>     If you are using the archive for something else, you would need to
>     tell us what that is.  Otherwise, you are just asking "how long is a
>     piece of string"?
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     Jeff
>

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