Ron wrote: > On 9/9/22 02:25, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Holger Jakobs wrote: > >> Am 09.09.22 um 06:56 schrieb Victor Sudakov: > >>> Dear Colleagues, > >>> > >>> With archive_mode='on' and archive_command='', is there a limit on WAL > >>> files accumulation or will they be kept infinitely until the disk is > >>> full? > >>> > >>> Actually I'd prefer them to be kept infinitely, just want to make sure > >>> it's really the case. > >>> > >> There is no limit. The disk will run full. > > That's actually great that unarchived WAL files will never get > > deleted or reused. Thank you for confirming this. > > How are you going to prevent the disk from filling up? Someone will eventually set archive_command to something useful before the disk is full. Or Postgress will stop. It does not matter for the current question. I just want to make sure that unarchived WAL files are never ever deleted and there is no limit on the number or size of unarchived WAL files. -- Victor Sudakov VAS4-RIPE http://vas.tomsk.ru/ 2:5005/49@fidonet
