Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Allow time delayed standbys and recovery

On Tue, 5 Apr 2022 at 16:02, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 10:58 AM Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> >> Makes sense. I will do this soon if nobody objects.
> >>
> >> I'm mildly uncomfortable with the phrase "WAL records generated over
> >> the delay period" because it seems a bit imprecise, but I'm not sure
> >> what would be better and I think the meaning is clear.
> >
> > Maybe "during" instead of "over"? But I'm not sure that's the part you're referring to?
>
> Yeah, something like that, maybe.

I share your discomfort with the wording.  How about:

WAL records must be kept on standby until they are ready to be applied.
Therefore, longer delays will result in a greater accumulation of WAL files,
increasing disk space requirements for the standby's <filename>pg_wal</>
directory.
-- 
Thom