Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bjQRj-0004p7-33 for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:34:47 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bjQRi-0006L1-Lc for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:34:46 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bjQRi-0006Kv-C4 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:34:46 +0000 Received: from mwork.nabble.com ([162.253.133.43]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bjQRf-0002es-JU for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:34:45 +0000 Received: from mben.nabble.com (unknown [162.253.133.72]) by mwork.nabble.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A31B04D66DD64 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 05:34:42 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 05:34:42 -0700 (MST) From: "ben.play" To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Message-ID: <1473683682585-5920762.post@n3.nabble.com> Subject: My pg_xlog directory is becoming huge !? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Pg-Spam-Score: -0.9 (/) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org Hi all, We tried to replicate our database and since this moment, our pg_xlog directory is becoming HUGE ! (more than 500 Gb !) In fact, each minute, there is a new file of 16Mb, called like 00000001000001370000004D ... This is our main parameters in postgresql.conf The replication is stopped (it was only a test). And I cannot put wal_level=minimal without having an error at startup. Do you have any idea to reduce the size of the directory ? Thank you a lot. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.nabble.com/My-pg-xlog-directory-is-becoming-huge-tp5920762.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - admin mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin