rama <rsomaraju@masergy.com> writes:
> Due to the small file size I see thousands of files being generated and it
> takes for ever to list thousands of files from archive directory which
> stores 2 days worth of files. Sizing of WAL logs should be left to the
> choice of people using the software. Limiting to a very small random 16MB
> size isn't a good design.
There are tradeoffs in the other direction too, but if you feel you must
have a different value, see configure's --with-wal-segsize option. Note
that you cannot change this without re-initdb.
regards, tom lane