| From: | kevin kempter <kevin(at)kevinkempterllc(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: shared_buffers setting |
| Date: | 2008-09-16 01:28:36 |
| Message-ID: | 2D872BCB-2C5F-4DF7-8668-40066717A44B@kevinkempterllc.com |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-admin |
Thanks !
On Sep 15, 2008, at 7:10 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> kevin kempter <kevin(at)kevinkempterllc(dot)com> writes:
>> I'm unclear per the docs what the effect is of specifying a shared
>> buffers value without a kB or an MB at the end.
>> For example if I specify shared buffers as:
>> shared_buffers = 5000
>> would this equate to 5000 8K pages, or 5000K, 5000bytes?
>
> Pages. When in doubt, look at the units column of pg_settings.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
> --
> Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org)
> To make changes to your subscription:
> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | hanumantha reddy | 2008-09-16 04:53:22 | connecting to server |
| Previous Message | Tom Lane | 2008-09-16 01:10:42 | Re: shared_buffers setting |