Write-ahead logging (WAL)

wikipedia:Write-ahead logging

• pg_wal/

• wal_level

Prometheus logs:

ts=2023-02-17T01:00:03.414Z caller=head.go:1011 level=info component=tsdb msg="WAL checkpoint complete" first=1633 last=1634 duration=628.31117ms

Related terms

• PITR
• ACID
• ARIES
• PostgreSQL
• Amazon RDS Read Replicas
• Data warehouse: Change Data Capture (CDC)
• /var/lib/postgresql/13/main/pg_wal/

could not find WAL segment

See also

• pg_dump, pg_dumpall, WAL, PITR, PgBackRest
• PostgreSQL replication, Amazon RDS Read Replicas, WAL, pg_replication_slots, START_REPLICATION, CREATE SUBSCRIPTION
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