Re: max_fsm_relations - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: max_fsm_relations
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Msg-id 1235764610.1879.1.camel@jd-laptop.pragmaticzealot.org
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In response to max_fsm_relations  ("Gauthier, Dave" <dave.gauthier@intel.com>)
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On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 12:37 -0700, Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> I just did a Vacuum Analyze on a DB.  It worked OK, but I got...
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> NOTICE: max_fsm_relations(1000) equals the number of relations checked
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> HINT:  You have at least 1000 relations.  Consider increasing the
> configuration parameter “max_fsm_relations”
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> I browsed around and learned that this has to do with keeping track of
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> Q: Is there a problem with leaving this alone?  How serious is this if
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> Q: Is there a way I can shrink this number (reload the data to consume
> the free space perhaps?)

This is "relations" which means tables, indexes etc... So unless you
start dropping things, no you can't reduce it.

Just increase it a bit (say 20%) it won't hurt you.

Note it does use a little shared_memory,.

Joshua D. Drake


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