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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index dd37586f1c0..c9603419ae4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.225 2009/09/08 17:08:36 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.226 2009/09/10 15:02:46 alvherre Exp $ --> <chapter Id="runtime-config"> <title>Server Configuration</title> @@ -2422,6 +2422,19 @@ local0.* /var/log/postgresql is dynamic-linker failure messages). This parameter can only be set at server start. </para> + + <note> + <para> + The logging collector is designed to never lose messages. This means + that in case of extremely high load, server processes could be + blocked due to trying to send additional log messages when the + collector has fallen behind. In contrast, <application>syslog</> + prefers to drop messages if it cannot write them, which means it's + less reliable in those cases but it will not block the rest of the + system. + </para> + </note> + </listitem> </varlistentry> |