| From: | Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: How to reduce WAL file Size |
| Date: | 2009-10-09 11:18:40 |
| Message-ID: | 20091009111840.GH5407@samason.me.uk |
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On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 11:48:29PM -0700, Mitesh51 wrote:
> I am dealing with backup of databases. Now eventhough there are not many
> changes in the DB, it creates WAL file of 16 mb. Now because I am working on
> a application which takes full & inc backup of db after specific
> intervals..if for small changes it creates 16 mb files then storing them
> will eat up lot many space.
I think the following utility would help you here:
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/clearxlogtail/
Also I'd recommend reading the articles Alban pointed to, it can be
somewhat tricky to backup PG correctly.
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Sam http://samason.me.uk/
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