Re: [PATCHES] Autovacuum launcher doesn't notice death of postmaster immediately - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Autovacuum launcher doesn't notice death of postmaster immediately
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Msg-id 20070613184911.GD11499@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Autovacuum launcher doesn't notice death of postmaster immediately  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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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/
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