The Insatiable Postgres Replication Slot
Read OriginalA technical deep dive into diagnosing unexpected Write-Ahead Log (WAL) growth and disk space consumption in a seemingly idle PostgreSQL database on Amazon RDS. The article details how an inactive logical replication slot can cause WAL retention, provides step-by-step observations with metrics, and explains the underlying cause and solution for this common operational issue.
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