Hi, On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Fujii Masao <masao.fu...@gmail.com> writes: >> If so, it might be deleted after triggering the warm-standby. But, we cannot >> remove it because the latest xlog file which is required for normal recovery >> might exist in it. This is another undesirable scenario. Is this problem? > > What recovery? In the problem case you're positing, the slave server > has executed a checkpoint and come up live. It's never going to be > interested in the old xlog again.
Yes, the old xlog itself is not used again. But, the *old file* might be recycled and used later. The case that I'm looking at is that the symlink to a temporary area is recycled. Am I missing something? Regards, -- Fujii Masao NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers