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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index d383de25128..2166b99fc4e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -3590,6 +3590,41 @@ restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f" "%p"' # Windows </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id="guc-wal-init-zero" xreflabel="wal_init_zero"> + <term><varname>wal_init_zero</varname> (<type>boolean</type>) + <indexterm> + <primary><varname>wal_init_zero</varname> configuration parameter</primary> + </indexterm> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + If set to <literal>on</literal> (the default), this option causes new + WAL files to be filled with zeroes. On some filesystems, this ensures + that space is allocated before we need to write WAL records. However, + <firstterm>Copy-On-Write</firstterm> (COW) filesystems may not benefit + from this technique, so the option is given to skip the unnecessary + work. If set to <literal>off</literal>, only the final byte is written + when the file is created so that it has the expected size. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="guc-wal-recycle" xreflabel="wal_recycle"> + <term><varname>wal_recycle</varname> (<type>boolean</type>) + <indexterm> + <primary><varname>wal_recycle</varname> configuration parameter</primary> + </indexterm> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + If set to <literal>on</literal> (the default), this option causes WAL + files to be recycled by renaming them, avoiding the need to create new + ones. On COW filesystems, it may be faster to create new ones, so the + option is given to disable this behavior. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id="guc-wal-sender-timeout" xreflabel="wal_sender_timeout"> <term><varname>wal_sender_timeout</varname> (<type>integer</type>) <indexterm> |