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 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings