Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There should be a documentation note to let people know that the archive
> will grow even when idle. Perhaps we should suggest compression in the
> docs so that people don't get worried about many gigabytes of mostly-
> empty files filling up their backup storage.

Actually, per the previous discussion: if you want to reduce WAL traffic
then one of the most important things to do is stretch out
checkpoint_timeout.

                        regards, tom lane

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