Re: pg_walinspect - a new extension to get raw WAL data and WAL stats

From: "Drouvot, Bertrand" <bdrouvot(at)amazon(dot)com>
To: "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: "satyanarlapuram(at)gmail(dot)com" <satyanarlapuram(at)gmail(dot)com>, "marvin_liang(at)qq(dot)com" <marvin_liang(at)qq(dot)com>, "actyzhang(at)outlook(dot)com" <actyzhang(at)outlook(dot)com>, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu(dot)coek88(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pg_walinspect - a new extension to get raw WAL data and WAL stats
Date: 2021-09-10 07:04:10
Message-ID: 03c3fcd8-ac01-e6e2-a321-2808d07b11da@amazon.com
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On 9/10/21 12:49 AM, Bossart, Nathan wrote:
> On 9/8/21, 6:49 AM, "Bharath Rupireddy" <bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> How about we create a new extension, called pg_walinspect (synonymous
>> to pageinspect extension) with a bunch of SQL-callable functions that
>> get the raw WAL records or stats out of a running postgres database
>> instance in a more structured way that is easily consumable by all the
>> users or DBAs or developers? We can also provide these functionalities
>> into the core postgres (in xlogfuncs.c) instead of a new extension,
>> but we would like it to be pluggable so that the functions will be
>> used only if required.
> +1
>
> Nathan
>
+1

Bertrand

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