Tom Lane writes:
> The other concern I had could be addressed by making the listen
> parameter be MIN(MaxBackends, PG_SOMAXCONN) where PG_SOMAXCONN
> is set in config.h --- but now we could make the default value
> really large, say 10000. The only reason to change it would be
> if you had a kernel that barfed on large listen() parameters.
We'll never find that out if we don't try it. If you're concerned about
cooperating with other listen()ing processes, set it to MaxBackends * 2,
if you're not, set it to INT_MAX and watch.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter
