Fujii, thank you very much for this clarification. Regards, Dan -----Original Message----- From: Fujii Masao [mailto:masao.fujii@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 09 November 2010 11:55 To: Daniel Harris Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Failed archive_command copy - number of attempts configurable? On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:01 AM, dan.m.harris <daniel.harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > But then the primary retries this another 49 times! So 150 attempts in all. > > What I need to know is whether these numbers are configurable? No. > Can they be > timed? How long before the primary stops retrying altogether? Forever until the archive will have been available again. BTW, since the primary cannot remove the unarchived WAL file from pg_xlog directory, unless you fix the archive soon, the primary might run out of the disk space and cause a PANIC error. Regards, -- Fujii Masao NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general