Re: [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax
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Msg-id 200812160313.mBG3DLH09968@momjian.us
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In response to Re: [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >> I don't find it any clearer ... I think the missing clue is that if you
> >> specify shared_buffers values in MB, you must divide the value by block
> >> size.
>
> > Well, the heading says "object" now so I thought it would suggest we are
> > talking about objects and not bytes.
>
> I'm with Alvaro: neither of those changes were improvements.

OK, I never got the change applied because of Alvaro's objection so
there is nothing to revert.   Alvaro said he has an idea for improved
wording;  I do not.

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