Josh Berkus wrote > >> We are not doing anything to postgres that would cause the rise and >> drop. >> Data base activity is pretty consistent. nor are we doing any kind >> of >> purge. This week the drop occurred after 6 days. We are thinking it >> must >> be some kind of internal postgres activity but we can't track it >> down. > > Well, we certainly can't figure it out on this list by blind guessing ... > Have to agree with you there. Unfortunately this is where we've ended up. What can we look at and/or show that would help us to narrow it down? Is there anyway we can look into the wal file and see exactly what is being sent? I think this might actually give us the most insight. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Increasing-WAL-usage-followed-by-sudden-drop-tp5719567p5720250.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - performance mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance