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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2003-04-19 00:37:28 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2003-04-19 00:37:28 +0000
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Add more documentation about shared memory costs.
-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index f32aa3ff4cb..6c5ca36e20b 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -47,12 +47,15 @@
#
# Shared Memory Size
#
-#shared_buffers = 64 # min max_connections*2 or 16, 8KB each
-#max_locks_per_transaction = 64 # min 10
-#wal_buffers = 8 # min 4, typically 8KB each
+#shared_buffers = 64 # min 16, at least max_connections*2, 8KB each
+#max_locks_per_transaction = 64 # min 10, ~260*max_connections bytes each
+#wal_buffers = 8 # min 4, 8KB each
# fsm = free space map
#max_fsm_relations = 1000 # min 100, ~50 bytes each
#max_fsm_pages = 20000 # min max_fsm_relations*16, 6 bytes each
+# note: increasing max_connections also costs about 500 bytes each,
+# in addition to costs from shared_buffers and max_locks_per_transaction.
+
#
# Non-shared Memory Sizes