Re: Converting postgresql.conf parameters to kilobytes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Converting postgresql.conf parameters to kilobytes
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Msg-id 24811.1086190187@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Converting postgresql.conf parameters to kilobytes  (Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar@frodo.hserus.net>)
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Frank Wiles <frank@wiles.org> writes:
>   This may be an unreasonable suggestion, but how about allowing both? 
>   I've seen several configuration systems do the following: 

>   shared_buffers = 10000     ( shared_buffers in pages ) 
>   shared_buffers = 100M      ( 100 MBs of shared_buffers )
>   shared_buffers = 2048K     ( 2MBs of shared_buffers ) 

I could live with that.  I'm not sure how painful it would be to wedge
into GUC though; and I have a feeling that it is exactly *not* what
Shridhar would think is simpler than the present behavior ;-)
        regards, tom lane


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