Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jdt2c-0006xn-DV for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 27 May 2020 10:12:07 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jdt2Y-0001nX-Ou for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 27 May 2020 10:12:02 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jdt2Y-0001nF-Es for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 27 May 2020 10:12:02 +0000 Received: from mail.postgrespro.ru ([93.174.131.139]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jdt2U-0001WI-M9 for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 27 May 2020 10:12:01 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.postgrespro.ru (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C93121C6ADF for ; Wed, 27 May 2020 13:11:57 +0300 (MSK) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at postgrespro.ru X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=x tagged_above=-99 required=4 WHITELISTED tests=[] autolearn=unavailable Received: from [10.0.1.12] (unknown [188.123.231.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail.postgrespro.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D04A21C6ADB for ; Wed, 27 May 2020 13:11:57 +0300 (MSK) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=postgrespro.ru; s=mail; t=1590574317; bh=01KM+fkb8R/4sva1x7GU8kuvRbok1g/TcONEOBAlaUU=; h=To:From:Subject:Date; b=XgdA5yv4ha4DOGX+lClybODhyB8LsQ0UV3xzjPVveEmwrs4JXRrhbX3T14sz5M1PM pbW8jgEYN+vKs9jPY/70CnI+B4zWxsoEQqtfOGJvz2gAJX7xsap94p+Bu6AYTUMqRu jMPsqRbG8/s8FLyILBRxRhzS9rkgeWCu9Ko8hD5g= To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org From: Pavel Luzanov Subject: max_wal_size Message-ID: <7020bbeb-cde5-b203-9803-2facd964688b@postgrespro.ru> Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 13:11:56 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------7811D5F0C3FBAA928AEBF66D" Content-Language: ru-RU List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7811D5F0C3FBAA928AEBF66D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, About parameter max_wal_size the documentation says: "Maximum size to let the WAL grow to between automatic WAL checkpoints." Is it correct? The size between automatic WAL checkpoints or the size of all WAL files in the pg_wal directory? ----- Pavel Luzanov Postgres Professional: http://www.postgrespro.com The Russian Postgres Company --------------7811D5F0C3FBAA928AEBF66D Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello,

About parameter max_wal_size the documentation says: "Maximum size to let the WAL grow to between automatic WAL checkpoints."
Is it correct?

The size between automatic WAL checkpoints or the size of all WAL files in the pg_wal directory?
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Pavel Luzanov
Postgres Professional: http://www.postgrespro.com
The Russian Postgres Company
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