Re: wal_init_zero / wal_recycle

From: Nicolas Seinlet <nicolas(at)seinlet(dot)eu>
To: "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: wal_init_zero / wal_recycle
Date: 2024-04-24 09:17:21
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On Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 at 10:57, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org> wrote:

> It currently says:
>

> wal_init_zero: "... causes new WAL files to be filled with zeroes ..."
>

> wal_recycle: "... avoiding the need to create new ones ..."
>

> I'm not sure where exactly to make that more clear.

You're completely right. It was not obvious to me that recycled files are not considered new, and consequently not filled by zeroes.

Nicolas.

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