Re: Allow wal_keep_segments to keep all segments

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Allow wal_keep_segments to keep all segments
Date: 2010-06-03 00:28:32
Message-ID: 201006030028.o530SWB21228@momjian.us
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Robert Haas wrote:
> > The attached patch allows wal_keep_segments = -1 to keep all segements;
> > this is particularly useful for taking a base backup, where you need all
> > the WAL files during startup of the standby. ?I have documented this
> > usage in the patch as well.
> >
> > I am thinking of applying this after 9.0 beta2 if there is no objection.
>
> +1 for the patch, but why wait until after beta2?

I wanted to give people enough time to review/discuss it.

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