Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory

From: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory
Date: 2004-02-02 08:28:00
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0402020921120.5480@sablons.cri.ensmp.fr
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On Sat, 31 Jan 2004, Tom Lane wrote:

> Now, what should we call it instead? I haven't come up with any
> compelling thoughts --- the best I can do is "big_sort_mem" or
> "single_sort_mem". Surely someone out there has a better idea.

vacuuming and indexing are not too frequent database administration tasks.

administration_mem ? admin_mem ? system_mem ? system_task_mem ?
systask_mem ? executive_mem ?

Anything may be chosen, but the point is to have a good comment within the
template configuration file.

I would nevertheless avoid "big".
What is big changes overtime with computers;-)

--
Fabien.

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