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List:       pgsql-performance
Subject:    Re: [PERFORM] control the number of clog files and xlog files
From:       Alvaro Herrera <alvherre () commandprompt ! com>
Date:       2008-08-27 13:08:00
Message-ID: 20080827130800.GB4071 () alvh ! no-ip ! org
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Duan Ligong wrote:
> Alvaro, Thanks for your answer. 
> It would be very helpful.
> 
> > > Would you like to be so kind as to answer the following questions:
> > > 
> > > - Is there any way to control the number of clog files and xlog files? 
> > > I encounter an issue that there are too many clog files under the 
> > > pg_clog/ directory which occupy more space than I can endure..
> > 
> > pg_clog files are controlled by tuple freezing, which is done by vacuum,
> > and it depends on the autovacuum_min_freeze_age parameter and
> > vacuum_freeze_min_age.  Please read
> 
> So can we reduce the number of clog by increasing the 
> autovacuum_min_freeze_age parameter and vacuum_freeze_min_age
> ? 

Yes, but decreasing the value.

Sorry, you ask more questions that I have time to answer right now.

> I encoutered a scenario that there are many files and some of them 
> are as old as one month ago. Does all these files including the 
> old files are still useful for postgresql? and when will they deleted 
> or rotated? Or should they be deleted and maintained by external
> programs?

Yes, those files are still useful.  They will be deleted eventually.

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