Re: pgsql: Allow time delayed standbys and recovery

On 26 February 2014 13:32, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:

> On 26 February 2014 13:07, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
> > On 19 December 2013 19:33, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 19 December 2013 19:19, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
> >> > On 12 December 2013 10:56, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> >> >> Allow time delayed standbys and recovery
> >> >>
> >> >> Set min_recovery_apply_delay to force a delay in recovery apply for
> >> >> commit and
> >> >> restore point WAL records. Other records are replayed immediately.
> >> >> Delay is
> >> >> measured between WAL record time and local standby time.
> >> >>
> >> >> Robert Haas, Fabrízio de Royes Mello and Simon Riggs
> >> >> Detailed review by Mitsumasa Kondo
> >> >
> >> > Could a note be added about the additional disk space requirements for
> >> > WAL on the standby?  If one is delaying replay, WAL files created over
> >> > the delayed period will build up in pg_xlog on the standby until
> >> > they're consumed upon replay, so considerations about storing those
> >> > additional files will need to be made.  It may otherwise trip up
> >> > anyone who, say, delays replay by 24 hours in a busy production
> >> > environment, and finds they have run out of disk space and no longer
> >> > have a valid standby.
> >>
> >> Thanks Thom, good point. I will add a note to the docs.
> >
> >
> > Just a reminder that this note hasn't been added to the docs yet.
>
> Please cut a doc patch and I'll apply.


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Thom