Re: PG_XLOG How long to retain

Pam Wampler wrote:
> Being fairly new to postgresql, I have a couple of questions on pg_xlog
> We are on 7.2.1
>
> 1.  How does one properly administer the pg_xlogs?  -- How long to retain
> them?
>      Is it ok to delete them after a period of time?  If so, what period of
> time?

It is auto-cleaned up.

> 2.  I understand that the numbering scheme does not wrap around -- is there
> a way
>      to set the numbering scheme back to 1?  we are still in testing mode,
> and our
>      xlogs are up to:
> -rw-------  1 pgsql  pgsql  16777216 Jun 12 17:03 0000000900000097
> -rw-------  1 pgsql  pgsql  16777216 Jun 12 16:57 0000000900000098
> -rw-------  1 pgsql  pgsql  16777216 Jun 12 16:56 0000000900000099
> -rw-------  1 pgsql  pgsql  16777216 Jun 12 16:56 000000090000009A
> -rw-------  1 pgsql  pgsql  16777216 Jun 12 16:58 000000090000009B
> -rw-------  1 pgsql  pgsql  16777216 Jun 12 16:57 000000090000009C
> -rw-------  1 pgsql  pgsql  16777216 Jun 12 16:57 000000090000009D

Don't worry about it.  An initdb will reset it, as I remember.


> 3.  There is normally only 7 of these logs on our system -- so I am assuming
> that
>      "something" is deleteing them --  Is there an option to "not" delete
> them, until
>      I want to delete them.


Why?

> If there is more documentation somewhere on these questions, please point me
> there.

You have read the official documentation on the WAL system?

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