Re: [PATCHES] Autovacuum launcher doesn't notice death of postmaster immediately

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Autovacuum launcher doesn't notice death of postmaster immediately
Date: 2007-06-13 18:49:11
Message-ID: 20070613184911.GD11499@alvh.no-ip.org
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> > Ah; yes, what I was proposing (or thought about proposing, not sure if I
> > posted it or not) was putting a upper limit of 10 seconds in the sleep
> > (bgwriter sleeps 10 seconds if configured to not do anything). Though
> > 10 seconds may seem like an eternity for systems like the ones Peter was
> > talking about, where there is a script trying to restart the server as
> > soon as the postmaster dies.

Peter, is 10 seconds good enough for you?

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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