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authorPeter Eisentraut2018-06-08 03:36:04 +0000
committerPeter Eisentraut2018-06-08 03:36:04 +0000
commit5efbdd36f1584d5e6e3870a05dc5f53692b18df6 (patch)
treee062730468b40497cccb6fc30805920b4ab28726 /doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
parent3b9b7516f42b72589951bb8d47a0220c67fb70de (diff)
doc: Move some new options into better positions on man pages
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@@ -334,27 +334,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--wal-segsize=<replaceable>size</replaceable></option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Set the <firstterm>WAL segment size</firstterm>, in megabytes. This
- is the size of each individual file in the WAL log. The default size
- is 16 megabytes. The value must be a power of 2 between 1 and 1024
- (megabytes). This option can only be set during initialization, and
- cannot be changed later.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- It may be useful to adjust this size to control the granularity of
- WAL log shipping or archiving. Also, in databases with a high volume
- of WAL, the sheer number of WAL files per directory can become a
- performance and management problem. Increasing the WAL file size
- will reduce the number of WAL files.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-X <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></term>
<term><option>--waldir=<replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></term>
@@ -366,6 +345,26 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--wal-segsize=<replaceable>size</replaceable></option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Set the <firstterm>WAL segment size</firstterm>, in megabytes. This
+ is the size of each individual file in the WAL log. The default size
+ is 16 megabytes. The value must be a power of 2 between 1 and 1024
+ (megabytes). This option can only be set during initialization, and
+ cannot be changed later.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ It may be useful to adjust this size to control the granularity of
+ WAL log shipping or archiving. Also, in databases with a high volume
+ of WAL, the sheer number of WAL files per directory can become a
+ performance and management problem. Increasing the WAL file size
+ will reduce the number of WAL files.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>