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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2015-10-22 13:59:58 -0400
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2015-10-22 13:59:58 -0400
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doc: Add advice on updating checkpoint_segments to max_wal_size
with suggestion from Michael Paquier
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@@ -153,6 +153,22 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
+ <para>
+ The configuration parameter <varname>checkpoint_segments</varname> has
+ been removed. Its place is taken by the new
+ setting <xref linkend="guc-max-wal-size">. If you had previously
+ tuned <varname>checkpoint_segments</varname>, the following formula will
+ give you an approximately equivalent setting:
+<programlisting>
+max_wal_size = (3 * checkpoint_segments) * 16MB
+</programlisting>
+ Note that the default setting for <varname>max_wal_size</varname> is
+ much higher than the default <varname>checkpoint_segments</varname> used
+ to be, so setting this might no longer be necessary.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
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