Re: Streaming Replication: Checkpoint_segment and wal_keep_segments on standby

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Did these changes ever get into the docs?  I don't think so.

Thanks for reminding me. I attached the updated patch.

> > That last sentence is a bit unclear. How about:
> >
> > A restartpoint is triggered if at least one checkpoint record has been
> > replayed and <varname>checkpoint_timeout</> seconds have passed since last
> > restartpoint. In standby mode, a restartpoint is also triggered if
> > <varname>checkoint_segments</> log segments have been replayed since last
> > restartpoint and at least one checkpoint record has been replayed since.

> >> ... In log shipping case, the checkpoint interval
> >> + ? ?on the standby is normally smaller than that on the master.
> >> + ? </para>
> >
> > What does that mean? Restartpoints can't be performed more frequently than
> > checkpoints in the master because restartpoints can only be performed at
> > checkpoint records.

I adopted these Heikki's sentences.

> >> *** a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
> >> --- b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
> >> ***************
> >> *** 424,429 ****
> >> --- 424,430 ----
> >> ? ?<para>
> >> ? ? There will always be at least one WAL segment file, and will normally
> >> ? ? not be more than (2 + <varname>checkpoint_completion_target</varname>)
> >> * <varname>checkpoint_segments</varname> + 1
> >> + ? ?or <varname>checkpoint_segments</> + <xref
> >> linkend="guc-wal-keep-segments"> + 1
> >> ? ? files. ?Each segment file is normally 16 MB (though this size can be
> >> ? ? altered when building the server). ?You can use this to estimate space
> >> ? ? requirements for <acronym>WAL</acronym>.
> >
> > That's not true, wal_keep_segments is the minimum number of files retained,
> > independently of checkpoint_segments. The corret formula is (2 +
> > checkpoint_completion_target * checkpoint_segments, wal_keep_segments)
>
> You mean that the maximum number of WAL files is: ?
>
> max {
> (2 + checkpoint_completion_target) * checkpoint_segments,
> wal_keep_segments
> }
>
> Just after a checkpoint removes old WAL files, there might be wal_keep_segments
> WAL files. Additionally, checkpoint_segments WAL files might be generated before
> the subsequent checkpoint removes old WAL files. So I think that the maximum
> number is
>
> max {
> (2 + checkpoint_completion_target) * checkpoint_segments,
> wal_keep_segments + checkpoint_segments
> }
>
> Am I missing something?

I've left this part as it is. Before committing the patch, we need to check
whether my thought is true.

Regards,

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