[theanirudh]

Yes, the egress fees on base backups alone were higher than the cost of the DB VMs. If we replicate the WAL also, it would be way higher. In the post, the example DB was 4.3 GB, but the WAL created was 77 GB.

[sgarland]

The joys of WAL bloat [0]. UUIDv4s?

[0]: https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/blog/on-the-impact-of-full-pa...