On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 16:17 -0400, Chander Ganesan wrote: > Why? If you haven't saved a backup that you made previously (using > pg_start_backup()), having archived wal files is useless. I don't see > why you just don't arbitrarily remove them immediately. > > WAL files are useful when you have a "starting point" (i.e., a backup > made using the PITR backup method), and a set of WAL files generated > "after" the starting point. If you don't preserve the start point > (i.e., the PITR backup) then the WAL files are basically useless. They are still better than nothing at all. I haven't read the whole thread, but suggesting deleting things like that makes me go all twitchy. :-). Do a couple of proper backups and then delete em. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
