On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 16:31 -0500, Erik Jones wrote: > In the absence of activity, WAL are archived every checkpoint_timeout > seconds. archive_timeout is how long postgres will wait for the > archive_command to return before declaring it failed. > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-wal.html "When this parameter is greater than zero, the server will switch to a new segment file whenever this many seconds have elapsed since the last segment file switch." Regards, Jeff Davis ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq