Received: from localhost (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FB159FA0BA for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:29:54 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 94984-06 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:29:39 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from cassarossa.samfundet.no (cassarossa.samfundet.no [129.241.93.19]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 310759FA434 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:29:30 -0400 (AST) Received: from trofast.sesse.net ([129.241.93.32]) by cassarossa.samfundet.no with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gxr1E-0004kV-M2 for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:29:28 +0100 Received: from sesse by trofast.sesse.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Gxr1M-0007I0-00 for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:29:36 +0100 Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:29:36 +0100 From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: URGENT: Out of disk space pg_xlog Message-ID: <20061222202936.GB27942@uio.no> Mail-Followup-To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org References: <1166803606.2828.281701761@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1166806378.10592.281708161@webmail.messagingengine.com> <458BC058.EE98.0025.0@wicourts.gov> <26238.1166811258@sss.pgh.pa.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.19 on a x86_64 X-Message-Flag: Outlook? --> http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200612/505 X-Sequence-Number: 22561 On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 07:47:05PM +0100, ohp@pyrenet.fr wrote: >> No, pg_xlog can be truncated as soon as a checkpoint occurs. > Even for currently running transactions ? Isn't that the entire point of having checkpoints in the first place? :-) /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/