Re: shared buffers in config

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: shared buffers in config
Date: 2003-01-08 04:28:52
Message-ID: 832.1042000132@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net> writes:
> If shared_buffers is always 2 * max_connections, what is the point of
> setting it in the config file?

2 * max_connections is the enforced minimum, not the only value (or even
the recommended value; it's more like a desperation cutoff).

regards, tom lane

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