Обсуждение: pg_xlog directory
Hello List,
I’m new to Postgres and need alil help cleaning out some files on a system I just started to help maintain. We are looking for files to remove to free up some space.
I have three files in /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog, can I safely remove these files?
[root@foobar data]# ls -l /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog/
total 49212
-rw------- 1 postgres postgres 16777216 Feb 3 2005 000000000000002D
-rw------- 1 postgres postgres 16777216 Jan 26 2005 000000000000002E
-rw------- 1 postgres postgres 16777216 Jan 30 2005 000000000000002F
Thanks!
Justin W. R.
"Justin W. Reagor" <justin@neteconomist.com> writes:
> I have three files in /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog, can I safely remove these
> files?
No.
If the database's usage is as low as the mod dates on the files suggest,
you could reduce the checkpoint_segments parameter and let the system
delete unneeded files. But removing WAL segments yourself is not only
dangerous but pointless.
regards, tom lane