Re: [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, valiouk(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org, dx k9 <bitsandbytes88(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax
Date: 2008-12-17 13:53:44
Message-ID: 27841.1229522024@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> * If we do it like this then the left-hand column is really redundant,
>> not to say wrong because the right-hand formulas depend on more than
>> the single variable mentioned. How about something like
>>
>> Table 17-2 PostgreSQL shared memory usage
>>
>> Purpose Approximate number of bytes required (as of 8.3)
>>
>> Per-connection state (1800 + 270 * max_locks_per_transaction) * max_connections
>> Autovacuum worker state (1800 + 270 * max_locks_per_transaction) * autovacuum_max_workers
>> Prepared transaction state ...
>> Shared disk buffers ...
>> WAL buffers ...
>> Fixed space requirements 770kB

> OK, I updated it again:

> http://momjian.us/tmp/pgsql/kernel-resources.html

> I did change your left column wording because it could be interpreted as
> something that changes during server execution, e.g. connections.

[ shrug... ] I don't find what you did to be an improvement over what
I suggested, but I don't have time to argue about it.

regards, tom lane

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