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