Calculating WAL Generation for DML Operations in PostgreSQL
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PostgreSQL provides the EXPLAIN command with the ANALYZE and WAL options to measure the WAL generated by a DML operation. This feature helps database administrators investigate the impact of INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements on WAL generation. In this article, we use EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, WAL) to m…
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Calculating WAL Generation for DML Operations in PostgreSQL