On 06/08/2013 10:57 AM, Daniel Farina wrote: > >> At which point most sensible users say "no thanks, I'll use something else". > [snip] > > I have a clear bias in experience here, but I can't relate to someone > who sets up archives but is totally okay losing a segment unceremoniously, > because it only takes one of those once in a while to make a really, > really bad day.
It sounds like between you both you've come up with a pretty solid argument by exclusion for throttling WAL writing as space grows critical. Dropping archive segments seems pretty unsafe from the solid arguments Daniel presents, and Josh makes a good case for why shutting the DB down when archiving can't keep up isn't any better. -- Craig Ringer http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
