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From: Wasim Devale <[email protected]>
To: pgsql-admin <[email protected]>
To: Pgsql-admin <[email protected]>
Subject: Restoration process generates 1.2 TB of WAL files.
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:45:42 +0530
Message-ID: <CAB5fag4n6o0=wLj6wn=fbUsHTZyOd4cZ=_soLX3FDc+N8FQJVg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hi All

I am taking directory dump from postgresql 12 and restoring it on
postgresql 17 this process create 1.2TB of wals files in pg_wal directory.
Can we reduce this WAL files generation via any configuration changes?

Thanks,
Wasim

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