On 16.12.24 19:19, Andres Freund wrote:
>> * Why in the world is the default value of max_wal_senders 10?
>> I find it hard to believe that there are installations using
>> more than about 3, and even there you can bet they are changing
>> a lot of other parameters.
>
> I don't think it's that rare as logical replication also needs a walsender
> slot... I think we're going to hurt far more users by lowering this than we'd
> help.
Here is where this change was originally discussed:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CABUevEy4PR_EAvZEzsbF5s%2BV0eEvw7shJ2t-AUwbHOjT%2ByRb3A%40mail.gmail.com
The low semaphore settings on some BSD systems were also mentioned
there. Did anything change now that it is triggering more issues now?
