On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 17:54 +0000, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > NotDashEscaped: You need GnuPG to verify this message > > > >> shared_buffers is in disk block size, typically 8K > > > The table the OP is looking at (table 17.2 in the 8.3 docs) predates > > the ability to specify shared_buffers in KB or MB instead of > > number-of-buffers. I agree it's not entirely obvious that what it > > means is "multiply your setting in KB/MB by 8400/8192". Anybody have > > an idea how to clarify things? > > Bite the bullet and start showing the buffer settings as a pure number of > bytes > everywhere, and get rid of the confusing '8kB' unit in pg_settings?
+1 We have helper functions like pg_size_pretty() to resolve the other issues. Joshua D. Drake -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
