Re: pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct
Date: 2010-04-30 19:11:44
Message-ID: 4BDB2B70.70909@enterprisedb.com
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Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, min_wal_segments or something would make sense.
>
> Surely it would confuse people to see they have fewer than
> min_wal_segments WAL segments.

Umm, they wouldn't see that, that's the point of the setting. The
segments are not removed/recycled until there is min_wal_segments
segments in pg_xlog. Except in the beginning when you set or increase
the setting, when there isn't that many segments generated yet.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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