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Subject: Re: pg_xlog unbounded growth
From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Stefan Petrea <Stefan.Petrea@tangoe.com>,
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Stefan Petrea wrote:
> During some database imports(using pg_restore), we're noticing fast
> and unbounded growth of pg_xlog up to the point where the
> partition(280G in size for us) that stores it fills up and PostgreSQL
> shuts down.

What do you see in pg_stat_archiver?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe