Re: number of wal file is not reduced.

From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)com>
To: Atul Kumar <akumar14871(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: number of wal file is not reduced.
Date: 2021-07-05 10:51:26
Message-ID: 20210705105126.GA18337@depesz.com
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On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 03:18:14PM +0530, Atul Kumar wrote:
> I have postgres 9.6 running server on centos 7, the number of wal file
> in pg_xlog directory is above 4000 so to save some disk space, I
> thought of reducing to 100.
...
> Please suggest when the number of wal files will be reduced to approx 100.

It's hard to say for sure. There are potential issues that might cause
pg to keep more wal files than configured.

Generally these kinds of things are easier solved in more interactive
medium - like IRC, or Slack.

But, to give you some start, check if:
1. archiving doesn't fail
2. archiving doesn't lag
3. there are no prepared transactions
4. there are no lagging replication slots

Best regards,

depesz

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