Geoffrey <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > listing of wal file time stamps for one of our production databases: > Nov 17 06:22 000000010000006100000013 > Nov 17 06:42 000000010000006100000014 > Nov 17 07:02 000000010000006100000015 > Nov 17 07:22 000000010000006100000016 > Nov 17 07:42 000000010000006100000017 > Nov 17 08:02 000000010000006100000018 > Nov 17 08:22 000000010000006100000019 > Nov 17 08:34 000000010000006100000012 > I would expect that these things are sequential, yet the file that I > would think would be the oldest (000000010000006100000012) has the > latest time stamp. > What am I missing? Most of those are probably old files that have been renamed into place for future use --- and the renamer doesn't really worry about reusing old files in order. I suspect ...12 is the only one that's live. A look at pg_controldata output would help you check that. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general