Re: [GENERAL] WAL File archive time

2016-12-05 Thread Michael Paquier 
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 7:24 AM, Israel Brewster  wrote:
> Simple question: are WAL files archived when full, or when recycled?

When full.

> That is, are the WAL archive files "up-to-date" other than the current WAL 
> file,
> or will the archives always be wal_keep_segments behind?

WAL archives are kept up to date, meaning that all the segments older
than the one being written are archived (well perhaps not if the
archiver lags behind). wal_keep_segments numbers the number of
segments kept in pg_xlog past the last completed checkpoint.
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Michael


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[GENERAL] WAL File archive time

2016-12-05 Thread Israel Brewster 
Simple question: are WAL files archived when full, or when recycled? That is, are the WAL archive files "up-to-date" other than the current WAL file, or will the archives always be wal_keep_segments behind?---Israel BrewsterSystems Analyst IIRavn Alaska5245 Airport Industrial RdFairbanks, AK 99709(907) 450-7293---BEGIN:VCARD
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