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From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
To: <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>,<jtkells@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: WAL and Checkpoints documentation
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<jtkells@verizon.net> wrote:
 
> Does anyone know of any good presentations/whitepapers that spell
> out WAL and check-pointing functionality other than the ADMIN
> guide?
 
I don't know of a better write-up than what's in chapters 5 and 6 of
Greg Smith's "High Performance" book[1]:
 
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/books/
 
-Kevin
 
 
[1] Full disclosure: I was one of the reviewers for this book, but
have no financial stake in its sales.