Re: min_safe_lsn column in pg_replication_slots view

On 2020-Jun-30, Fujii Masao wrote:

> Sorry this is not true. That distance can be calculated without those operators.
> For example,
> 
> SELECT restart_lsn - pg_current_wal_lsn() + (SELECT setting::numeric * 1024 * 1024 FROM pg_settings WHERE name =
'max_slot_wal_keep_size')distance FROM pg_replication_slots;
 
> 
> If the calculated distance is small or negative value, which means that
> we may lose some required WAL files. So in this case it's worth considering
> to increase max_slot_wal_keep_size.

... OK, but you're forgetting wal_keep_segments.

> I still think it's better and more helpful to display something like
> that distance in pg_replication_slots rather than making each user
> calculate it...

Agreed.

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