On 12/21/2016 06:53 PM, n...@olansoft.com wrote:
22.12.2016, 06:31, "Adrian Klaver" <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>:

Alright looks like it doing the correct thing.

Now if I am following you say you see the issue starting with 9.5+. As
it so happens that is when checkpoint_segments was replaced with
max_wal_size:



If you had not changed the checkpoint_settings in your 9.4- servers it
would have been set at 3 or roughly 48 MB of WALs. In 9.5 max_wal_size
is set at 1GB. In either case the default checkpoint_timeout would be 5
minutes.

Did you change the checkpoint_timeout setting or is you machine
generating something close to 1GB of WAL files before the 5 minutes?

Hm... No, i have never changed checkpoint_timeout setting (and wal_size in 
9.5\9.6 too).

In 9.4 config i have had checkpoint_segments = 32 and 
checkpoint_completion_target = 0.9
In 9.3 checkpoint_segments = 8 and checkpoint_completion_target = 0.7

Generally i have about 3 to 5 WAL files per 24h (copied to destination by 
archive_command)

So a max of 80MB over 24hrs, to me that is not enough to make a difference in recovery time.



Either case could lead to longer start up times as Postgres would have
to process more WAL files.

There is also your checkpoint_completion_target = 0.85. The default is
0.5. Per the docs below:
"The disadvantage of this is that prolonging checkpoints affects
recovery time, because more WAL segments will need to be kept around for
possible use in recovery."

Hmm, i don't think about that. I set it to "0.5". Now i'm waiting for the next 
failure, or do it manually nearest night lol.

Given your slow rate of WAL production I would not expect that to make a difference.

Next time Postgres is in recovery and assuming you can catch it you might want to:

ps ax to see what is running.

Run iostat

Check the OS system logs for any clues.



For more information see 9.4-:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/wal-configuration.html

9.5+:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/wal-configuration.html


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Adrian Klaver
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Adrian Klaver
adrian.kla...@aklaver.com


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