On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> Why is the minimum value 64kB only when wal_buffers is set to
>> -1? This seems confusing for users.
>>
>
> That's because the current default on older versions is 64kB. Since the
> automatic selection is going to be the new default, I hope, I don't want it
> to be possible it will pick a number smaller than the default of older
> versions. So the automatic lower limit is 64kB, while the actual manually
> set lower limit remains 32kB, as before.
It would be helpful to explain that as the source code comment. Also
in the document.
Regards,
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Fujii Masao
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
NTT Open Source Software Center
