Re: Hard limit on WAL space used (because PANIC sucks)

From: Daniel Farina <daniel(at)heroku(dot)com>
To: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Hard limit on WAL space used (because PANIC sucks)
Date: 2013-06-07 05:41:18
Message-ID: CAAZKuFYHvaawsrLrqHsfgfByvx-Fp_fv0mrC6WboNphGrejN9A@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I would oppose that as the solution, either an unconditional one, or
> configurable with is it as the default. Those segments are not unneeded. I
> need them. That is why I set up archiving in the first place. If you need
> to shut down the database rather than violate my established retention
> policy, then shut down the database.

Same boat. My archives are the real storage. The disks are
write-back caching. That's because the storage of my archives is
probably three to five orders of magnitude more reliable.

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