Re: [HACKERS] Should *.backup files ever be removed from pg_xlog?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Should *.backup files ever be removed from pg_xlog?
Date: 2005-06-09 03:58:20
Message-ID: 6281.1118289500@sss.pgh.pa.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers pgsql-patches

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> I have fixed the code to properly remove *.backup files from the
> /pg_xlog directory once they are archived.

I do not actually think that this is a good idea. The .backup files are
not large and they are pretty critical info --- so having multiple
copies of them seems like a good idea. We don't auto-remove timeline
history files either, for the same reason.

regards, tom lane

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Michael Fuhr 2005-06-09 04:08:13 Re: pg_config --configure ...
Previous Message Qingqing Zhou 2005-06-09 03:41:36 Re: unsafe use of hash_search(... HASH_ENTER ...)

Browse pgsql-patches by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Bruce Momjian 2005-06-09 04:16:15 Re: [HACKERS] Should *.backup files ever be removed from pg_xlog?
Previous Message Bruce Momjian 2005-06-09 02:29:33 Re: ALTER SCHEMA ... SET TABLESPACE