Commit 9bedfbd0 authored by Robert Haas's avatar Robert Haas

Fix checkpoint_timeout documentation to reflect current behavior.

Jeff Janes
parent 83fbfec3
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linkend="guc-checkpoint-segments"> log segments, or every <xref
linkend="guc-checkpoint-timeout"> seconds, whichever comes first.
The default settings are 3 segments and 300 seconds (5 minutes), respectively.
In cases where little or no WAL has been written, checkpoints will be
skipped even if checkpoint_timeout has passed. At least one new WAL segment
must have been created before an automatic checkpoint occurs. The time
between checkpoints and when new WAL segments are created are not related
in any other way. If file-based WAL shipping is being used and you want to
bound how often files are sent to standby server to reduce potential data
In cases where no WAL has been written since the previous checkpoint, new
checkpoints will be skipped even if checkpoint_timeout has passed.
If WAL archiving is being used and you want to put a lower limit on
how often files are archived in order to bound potential data
loss, you should adjust archive_timeout parameter rather than the checkpoint
parameters. It is also possible to force a checkpoint by using the SQL
command <command>CHECKPOINT</command>.
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