-
+
Write-Ahead Logging (WAL)
- The number of 16MB segment files will always be at least
- 1, and will normally not exceed CHECKPOINT_SEGMENTS)
- + 1. This may be used to estimate space requirements for WAL.
- Ordinarily, when old log segment files are no longer needed,
+ There will be at least one 16MB segment file, and will normally
+ not be more than CHECKPOINT_SEGMENTS)
+ + 1 files. You can use this to estimate space requirements for
+ WAL. Ordinarily, when old log segment files are no longer needed,
they are recycled (renamed to become the next sequential future
segments). If, due to a short-term peak of log output rate, there
are more than CHECKPOINT_SEGMENTS) + 1 segment files,