Re: Help estimating database and WAL size

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Help estimating database and WAL size
Date: 2012-10-13 06:40:07
Message-ID: 50790CC7.2010900@hogranch.com
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On 10/08/12 1:39 PM, Daniel Serodio (lists) wrote:
> 3) Estimate the size of the transaction log
> ** We've got no idea how to estimate this, need advice **

postgres doesn't have a 'transaction log', it has the WAL (Write-Ahead
Logs). These are typically 16MB each. on databases with a really heavy
write load, I might bump the checkpoint_segments as high as 60, which
seems to result in about 120 of them being created, 2GB total. these
files get reused, unless you are archiving them to implement a
continuous realtime backup system (which enables "PITR", Point in Time
Recovery)

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