In article <15702(dot)1085933038(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>,
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar(at)frodo(dot)hserus(dot)net> writes:
>> I was toying around with idea of converting all the memory related
>> parameters in postgresql.conf to kilobytes for simplicity and
>> uniformity.
> Why is that a good idea?
Two reasons:
1. Some values are in KB, some in 8 KB
2. I find it easier to calculate in KB
I'd like to see the following:
* If the value is purely numeric, treat it as before (to ensure
compatibility with older versions)
* If the value is numeric with a prefix of [KMG], interpret it as KB,
MB, or GB, respectively