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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 1b98c416e06..b6b20a368ec 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -2852,12 +2852,10 @@ include_dir 'conf.d' 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, and there has been any database activity, - including a single checkpoint. (Increasing - <varname>checkpoint_timeout</> will reduce unnecessary - checkpoints on an idle system.) - Note that archived files that are closed early - due to a forced switch are still the same length as completely full - files. Therefore, it is unwise to use a very short + including a single checkpoint (checkpoints are skipped if there is + no database activity). Note that archived files that are closed + early due to a forced switch are still the same length as completely + full files. Therefore, it is unwise to use a very short <varname>archive_timeout</> — it will bloat your archive storage. <varname>archive_timeout</> settings of a minute or so are usually reasonable. You should consider using streaming replication, |