Re: Hard limit on WAL space used (because PANIC sucks)

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would oppose that as the solution, either an unconditional one, or
> configurable with is it as the default.  Those segments are not unneeded.  I
> need them.  That is why I set up archiving in the first place.  If you need
> to shut down the database rather than violate my established retention
> policy, then shut down the database.

Same boat.  My archives are the real storage.  The disks are
write-back caching.  That's because the storage of my archives is
probably three to five orders of magnitude more reliable.