Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas wrote:
>> <stuart(dot)bishop(at)canonical(dot)com> wrote:
>>> In section 24.3.5.1 of the docs on setting up continuous
>>> archiving, there are a few paragraphs and examples for using
>>> pglesslog (pg_compresslog and pg_decompresslog). This tool did
>>> not get out of beta for 9.0 and the only reports I find for 9.1
>>> are for not being able to compile it. Suggest removing it from
>>> the docs unless someone wants to pull this tool into the core.
>>
>> This complaint appears to be accurate. I think we should go
>> ahead and remove that mention.
>
> Agreed; removed with the attached patch. I didn't bother keeping
> the gzip mention because I assume there is little value to using
> without pglesslog.
We found that gzip without doing something about the unused portion
of the WAL file generally reduced file size by about 50%, so it
still might be worth mentioning that.
-Kevin