Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF4AE37BA4E for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:35:50 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 17855-10 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:35:47 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: delayed 00:38:19.058325 by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from terminalschmiede.de (terminalschmiede.de [88.198.10.164]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0C2137BA3A for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:35:47 -0300 (ADT) Received: from nrbg-4dbe043d.pool.einsundeins.de ([77.190.4.61] helo=[192.168.0.211]) by terminalschmiede.de with esmtpa (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KkGRP-0006pE-7g for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:57:23 +0200 Message-ID: <48E0B559.3070406@terminalschmiede.de> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:00:41 +0200 From: Jonny User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: turning of pg_xlog Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200809/329 X-Sequence-Number: 30422 Hi, I have installes Postgres 8.0.15 on a embedded Linux and have only 130 MB for Postgres. Is it possible to turn off the comlete (Wal) pg_xlog? Because this is the biggest part. I found an Entry how to minimize the count of stored xlogs. Is it possible to store it to /dev/null or something else? Something like ln -s /dev/null pg_xlog/ (I know this does not work :-) .... regards, Jonny