Re: [HACKERS] Re: Max backend limits cleaned up - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: Max backend limits cleaned up
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Msg-id 9938.919705877@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Re: Max backend limits cleaned up  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> Yeah, I was thinking about that myself.  I left the default -N setting
>> at 64 on the theory that people who had gone to the trouble of making
>> sure they had proper kernel configurations should not get surprised by
>> v6.5 suddenly reducing the default number-of-backends limit.

> The default was always 32, right, so they should not be suprised if they
> don't up the limit to 64.

No, the default MaxBackendId was 64 (unless that's been changed
recently?).  A stock installation of 6.4 will support 64 backends
assuming that you have adequate kernel settings for that.
        regards, tom lane


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