Re: Introduce MIN/MAX aggregate functions to pg_lsn

From: Fabrízio de Royes Mello <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Surafel Temesgen <surafel3000(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Introduce MIN/MAX aggregate functions to pg_lsn
Date: 2019-07-04 16:48:06
Message-ID: CAFcNs+qjvHfRAXZ3=91wz2swLGQhF9g6bujHY4aA148V8c98uw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 5:17 AM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2019 at 11:31:49AM -0300, Fabrízio de Royes Mello wrote:
> > New version attached.
>
> This looks in pretty good shape to me, and no objections from me to
> get those functions as the min() flavor is useful for monitoring WAL
> retention for complex deployments.
>
> Do you have a particular use-case in mind for max() one? I can think
> of at least one case: monitoring the flush LSNs of a set of standbys
> to find out how much has been replayed at most.
>

I use min/max to measure the amount of generated WAL (diff) during some
periods based on wal position stored in some monitoring system.

Regards,

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