From ec7ce54204147ccf1a55aaba526ac4b39071f712 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Eisentraut Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 14:32:05 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Mention pg_stat_wal_receiver in streaming replication docs Also make the link to pg_stat_replication more precise. Author: Michael Paquier Reviewed-by: Jeff Janes --- doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml index aa780d360d..6c0679b0a8 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml @@ -890,14 +890,20 @@ primary_conninfo = 'host=192.168.1.50 port=5432 user=foo password=foopass' You can retrieve a list of WAL sender processes via the - - pg_stat_replication view. Large differences between + view. Large differences between pg_current_wal_lsn and the view's sent_lsn field might indicate that the master server is under heavy load, while differences between sent_lsn and pg_last_wal_receive_lsn on the standby might indicate network delay, or that the standby is under heavy load. + + On a hot standby, the status of the WAL receiver process can be retrieved + via the view. A large + difference between pg_last_wal_replay_lsn and the + view's received_lsn indicates that WAL is being + received faster than it can be replayed. +