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On 9/9/22 02:25, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> Holger Jakobs wrote:
>> 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 actually great that unarchived WAL files will never get
> deleted or reused. Thank you for confirming this.

How are you going to prevent the disk from filling up?

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