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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Simplifying replication
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:59:29 -0700
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> If you set wal_keep_segments=0, archive_mode=on, and
> archive_command=<something>, you might run out of disk space.
> 
> If you set wal_keep_segments=-1, you might run out of disk space.
> 
> Are you any more screwed in the second case than you are in the first
> case?

It is the same to the user either way.  In either case you have to
change some settings and restart the master.

Well, for the archive case, you could conceivably mass-delete the
archive files.

-- 
                                  -- Josh Berkus
                                     PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
                                     http://www.pgexperts.com



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