Re: BUG #14340: pg xlog size increasing

On 09/26/2016 03:53 PM, kgmeetsonu(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 14340
> Logged by: sonu gupta
> Email address: kgmeetsonu(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.4.9
> Operating system: Red Hat 4.8.5-4, 64-bit
> Description:
>
> Hi,
>
> I created a new DB, with a master and 2 slave nodes on different data
> centers.
>
> I observed, pg xlog size is increasing rapidly and now its 183 GB, while
> simple update is going on on a single table.
>
> xlog size is not getting down...
>
> I assume, missing some config setting.
>
> Please help me, its urgent.
>
> Thanks in advance!!!

This is not a bug, please direct future questions like this to the
pgsql-general list.

Check that your archive_command is functioning correctly, and that you
don't have any inactive replication slots (select * from
pg_replication_slots where not active). Also check the server logs if
both those things are okay.
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