From: Holger Jakobs <holger@jakobs.com>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: WAL storage when archive_command=''
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 08:43:09 +0200
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Am 09.09.22 um 06:56 schrieb Victor Sudakov:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> With archive_mode='on' and archive_command='', is there a limit on WAL
> files accumulation or will they be kept infinitely until the disk is
> full?
>
> Actually I'd prefer them to be kept infinitely, just want to make sure
> it's really the case.
>
There is no limit. The disk will run full.
That's why disk space is the #1 priority in monitoring a PostgreSQL
instance.
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Holger Jakobs, Bergisch Gladbach, Tel. +49-178-9759012
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