Re: Does it make sense to set max_fsm_pages to a value over 200K?

From: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
To: Suny Kim <suny(dot)kim(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Does it make sense to set max_fsm_pages to a value over 200K?
Date: 2009-01-20 21:59:21
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On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 10:03 +0100, Suny Kim wrote:
> My vacuum tells me:
> "NOTICE: number of page slots needed (508096) exceeds max_fsm_pages
> (350000)
> HINT: Consider increasing the configuration parameter "max_fsm_pages"
> to a value over 508096."
> But my reference manual says: "max_fsm_pages can range fro 20k to 200k
> pages."

Please read the whole sentence in the manual. It is talking about the
default value chosen by initdb.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/runtime-config-resource.html#RUNTIME-CONFIG-RESOURCE-FSM

Regards,
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Devrim GÜNDÜZ, RHCE
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