On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 6:36 PM, A J <s5aly@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Couple of questions:
> 1. At what frequency is the archive_cleanup_command executed from the
> recovery.conf file on the standby ?
> 2. If for some reason lets say a WAL file is missing from the archive
> directory but the files after that are present. When the standby tries to
> restore the missing WAL file, does it fail or it simply skips the missing
> WAL file and goes to the next one.
It fails. The gap must be repaired manually, or you're out of luck.
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