On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 at 16:02, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 10:58 AM Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> wrote: > >> Makes sense. I will do this soon if nobody objects. > >> > >> I'm mildly uncomfortable with the phrase "WAL records generated over > >> the delay period" because it seems a bit imprecise, but I'm not sure > >> what would be better and I think the meaning is clear. > > > > Maybe "during" instead of "over"? But I'm not sure that's the part you're > > referring to? > > Yeah, something like that, maybe.
I share your discomfort with the wording. How about: WAL records must be kept on standby until they are ready to be applied. Therefore, longer delays will result in a greater accumulation of WAL files, increasing disk space requirements for the standby's <filename>pg_wal</> directory. -- Thom
