Tom Lane wrote:
> [ redirecting to pgsql-docs ]
>
> Valentin Bogdanov <valiouk@yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> >> From: dx k9 <bitsandbytes88@hotmail.com>
> >> I'm trying to understand what the documentation means
> >> by bytes per increment, what is the increment supposed to
> >> be bytes, MB, or Kb.
>
> > shared_buffers is in disk block size, typically 8K, at least that's what it is on Linux platforms. shmmax is quite
simplyin bytes.
>
> The table the OP is looking at (table 17.2 in the 8.3 docs) predates
> the ability to specify shared_buffers in KB or MB instead of
> number-of-buffers. I agree it's not entirely obvious that what it
> means is "multiply your setting in KB/MB by 8400/8192". Anybody have
> an idea how to clarify things?
I have updated the table title to be clearer.
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*** 1087,1093 ****
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</>
! <entry>Approximate multiplier (bytes per increment) as of 8.3</>
</row>
</thead>
--- 1087,1093 ----
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</>
! <entry>Additional bytes per object, as of 8.3</>
</row>
</thead>
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*** 1119,1125 ****
<row>
<entry>Fixed space requirements</>
! <entry>770 kB</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
--- 1119,1125 ----
<row>
<entry>Fixed space requirements</>
! <entry>770 k</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
