"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 5:47 PM, in message <695.1193438855@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, > Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> And after >> each archive_timeout, we test to see if we need to flush the current WAL >> segment out to the archive; which is determined by whether the write >> pointer is currently exactly at the start of a segment or not. > Hmmm... We would actually prefer to get the WAL file at the > specified interval. Well, if it's a feature not a bug, that's fine with me. I wonder though how predictable the behavior will really be with 8.3's distributed checkpoints ... you might need to find another way anyhow. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
