On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Why is the parallelism variable called "max_parallel_degree"? Is that a
> descriptive name? What does "degree" mean?
It is to denote amount of parallelism at node level.
>
> Why is it not called
> "max_parallel_workers"?
>
Degree of Parallelism is a term used in many of the other popular databases
for the similar purpose, so I think that is another reason to prefer
max_parallel_degree.
With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
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