On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would oppose that as the solution, either an unconditional one, or > configurable with is it as the default. Those segments are not unneeded. I > need them. That is why I set up archiving in the first place. If you need > to shut down the database rather than violate my established retention > policy, then shut down the database.
Same boat. My archives are the real storage. The disks are write-back caching. That's because the storage of my archives is probably three to five orders of magnitude more reliable. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
