Re: Postgresql Wal archive and Barman setup

You need to actively monitor archive location to avoid space issue.

Schedule a job to send alert email when archive location full to 80% or 90%

Best Regards,
*Masheed Ullah*

On Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 11:36 PM sa sa <ssmaugust(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I have a scenario, where I need some suggestions and improvements if
> applicable.
>
> Our setup in brief
> 1) Primary --> standby
> using archive_command = rsync to primary local location and standby
> local location
> 2) Primary --> Barman
> Using streaming. Barman backup location is /nfs/DD9
> 3) Archive cleanup on primary is setup via crontab to every 14 days.
>
> Here is my scenario, If my barman nfs is down for 5 days and my local
> archive location is filled up during this time. what will happen.
>
> if my /srv/archive (location archive wal location) on primary and standby
> is 100% full during this time.
> my /srv/data is going to be 100% full , causing my cluster to go down.
>
> So what are the suggestions to avoid this situation.
>
> Thanks,
> Sa
>