Torsten Förtsch wrote: > That's what I want, to throttle the rate at which WAL is generated by > maintenance operations. > > I take it, there is no such thing by now. Would it be a useful addition? Uh. See this thread: http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CA+U5nMLfxBgHQ1VLSeBHYEMjHXz_OHSkuFdU6_1quiGM0RNKEg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services