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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml | 2 |
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index d0f43c64af3..b30c68dc138 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -2430,7 +2430,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d' checkpoints. This is a soft limit; WAL size can exceed <varname>max_wal_size</> under special circumstances, like under heavy load, a failing <varname>archive_command</>, or a high - <varname>wal_keep_segments</> setting. The default is 128 MB. + <varname>wal_keep_segments</> setting. The default is 1 GB. Increasing this parameter can increase the amount of time needed for crash recovery. This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml index b57749fdbc3..f4083c3fe57 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ linkend="guc-checkpoint-timeout"> seconds, or if <xref linkend="guc-max-wal-size"> is about to be exceeded, whichever comes first. - The default settings are 5 minutes and 128 MB, respectively. + The default settings are 5 minutes and 1 GB, respectively. If no WAL has been written since the previous checkpoint, new checkpoints will be skipped even if <varname>checkpoint_timeout</> has passed. (If WAL archiving is being used and you want to put a lower limit on how |