Hi,
There is a description about streaming replication in the doc:
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25.2.5. Streaming Replication
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If you set up a WAL archive that's accessible from the
standby, wal_keep_segments is not required as the standby can always
use the archive to catch up.
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I think this description is somewhat inadequate. Since recovery using
WAL archive is file based, it may cause long replication delay. I
think even if WAL archive is set up, we should set wal_keep_segments
to proper value, not 0. Recovery from WAL archive should be the last
resort, shouldn't be?
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Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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