<structfield>spill_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
</para>
<para>
- Number of times transactions were spilled to disk while performing
- decoding of changes from WAL for this slot. Transactions
- may get spilled repeatedly, and this counter gets incremented on every
- such invocation.
+ Number of times transactions were spilled to disk while decoding changes
+ from WAL for this slot. Transactions may get spilled repeatedly, and
+ this counter gets incremented on every such invocation.
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<para>
Amount of decoded transaction data spilled to disk while performing
decoding of changes from WAL for this slot. This and other spill
- counters can be used to gauge the I/O occurred during logical decoding
- and accordingly can tune <literal>logical_decoding_work_mem</literal>.
+ counters can be used to gauge the I/O which occurred during logical
+ decoding and allow tuning <literal>logical_decoding_work_mem</literal>.
</para></entry>
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