Re: patch to allow disable of WAL recycling

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Kyotaro HORIGUCHI <horiguchi(dot)kyotaro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: jerry(dot)jelinek(at)joyent(dot)com, andres(at)anarazel(dot)de, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: patch to allow disable of WAL recycling
Date: 2018-07-30 08:43:20
Message-ID: d802e799-c699-01f7-906b-921f3b183be6@2ndquadrant.com
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On 19/07/2018 05:59, Kyotaro HORIGUCHI wrote:
> My result is that we cannot disable recycling perfectly just by
> setting min/max_wal_size.

Maybe the behavior of min_wal_size should be rethought? Elsewhere in
this thread, there was also a complaint that max_wal_size isn't actually
a max. It seems like there might be some interest in making these
settings more accurate.

I mean, what is the point of the min_wal_size setting if not controlling
this very thing?

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