Re: WAL storage when archive_command=''

From: Holger Jakobs <holger(at)jakobs(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WAL storage when archive_command=''
Date: 2022-09-09 06:43:09
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Am 09.09.22 um 06:56 schrieb Victor Sudakov:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> With archive_mode='on' and archive_command='', is there a limit on WAL
> files accumulation or will they be kept infinitely until the disk is
> full?
>
> Actually I'd prefer them to be kept infinitely, just want to make sure
> it's really the case.
>
There is no limit. The disk will run full.

That's why disk space is the #1 priority in monitoring a PostgreSQL
instance.

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