| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> |
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| To: | Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz> |
| Cc: | Chris Hebrard <tech2(at)wildcash(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Kernel Resources and max_connections |
| Date: | 2005-05-04 04:07:18 |
| Message-ID: | 20050504040718.GU47820@decibel.org |
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On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 01:46:34PM +1200, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> (This not-very-clear distinction between what is sysctl'abe and what is
> a kernel tunable is a bit of a downer).
I think this is documented somewhere, though I can't think of where
right now.
Also, note that some sysctl's can only be set in /boot/loader.conf.
hw.ata.wc=0 is an example (which you want to set on any box with IDE
drives if you want fsync to actually do what it thinks it's doing).
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