Re: Do we need pre-allocate WAL files during end-of-recovery checkpoint?

From: "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com>
To: SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM <satyanarlapuram(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Do we need pre-allocate WAL files during end-of-recovery checkpoint?
Date: 2021-12-06 19:32:40
Message-ID: 2F433CA6-FD9D-4D38-82BF-541FF48CA7A9@amazon.com
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On 12/6/21, 4:54 AM, "Bharath Rupireddy" <bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> The function PreallocXlogFiles doesn't get called during
> end-of-recovery checkpoint in CreateCheckPoint, see [1]. The server
> becomes operational after the end-of-recovery checkpoint and may need
> WAL files. However, I'm not sure how beneficial it is going to be if
> the WAL is pre-allocated (as PreallocXlogFiles just allocates only 1
> extra WAL file).

There is another thread for adding more effective WAL pre-allocation
[0] that you might be interested in.

Nathan

[0] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20201225200953.jjkrytlrzojbndh5%40alap3.anarazel.de

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