Re: how is max_fsm_pages configured in 8.4

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> owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Martín Marqués
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> Subject: [GENERAL] how is max_fsm_pages configured in 8.4
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> I see that max_fsm_pages isn't there anymore in postgresql.conf from
> 8.4.

>
> Why is it?

From: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/release-8-4.html

E.9.3.5.3. VACUUM

Track free space in separate per-relation "fork" files (Heikki)

Free space discovered by VACUUM is now recorded in *_fsm files, rather than in a fixed-sized shared memory area. The max_fsm_pages and max_fsm_relations settings have been removed, greatly simplifying administration of free space management.

>And can it be configured,

no

>or is it something we should not worry about?

You shouldn't need to worry about it anymore.

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