-
+
Write-Ahead Logging (WAL)
log (known as the redo record) it should start the REDO operation,
since any changes made to data files before that record are already
on disk. After a checkpoint has been made, any log segments written
- before the redo record are removed, so checkpoints are used to free
+ before the undo records are removed, so checkpoints are used to free
disk space in the
WAL directory. (When
WAL-based
BAR is implemented,
the log segments can be archived instead of just being removed.)