Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 'max_standby_delay = -1' is really only a reasonable idea if you are
> > absolutely certain all queries are going to be short, which we can't
> > dismiss as an unfounded use case so it has value. I would expect you
> > have to also combine it with a matching reasonable statement_timeout to
> > enforce that expectation to make that situation safer.
>
> Well, as you stated in your blog, you are going to have one of these
> downsides:
>
> o master bloat
> o delayed recovery
> o cancelled queries
>
> Right now you can't choose "master bloat", but you can choose the other
> two. I think that is acceptable for 9.0, assuming the other two don't
> have the problems that Tom foresees.
I was wrong. You can choose "master bloat" with
vacuum_defer_cleanup_age, but only crudely because it is measured in
xids and the master defers no matter what queries are running on the
slave, and there is still the possibility for query cancel for long
queries.
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