Thread: When is it safe to remove backup files from a wal archiving directory

When is it safe to remove backup files from a wal archiving directory

From
John Scalia
Date:
Hi all,

I've noticed that my standby servers never bother to delete a wal backup file from the archiving directory. In fact,
theynever even try to copy it out of the directory, and after  
a while, I may see over a dozen files like:

000000040000000A000000F9.backup
000000040000000C00000003.backup
etc.

The youngest of these files is from last Friday afternoon, and these rest go back over 6 weeks. Being this is a
streamingreplication standby, I probably don't need them at all,  
but I've been keeping them as insurance policies. Question is how many, if any, do I need to keep?
--
Jay