Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Gavin Flower > <gavinflo...@archidevsys.co.nz> wrote: >> Why not 4? As most processors now have at least 4 physical cores, & surely >> it be more likely to flush out race conditions.
> Because if we did that, then it's extremely likely that people would > end up writing queries that are faster only if workers are present, > and then not get any workers. Is that because max_worker_processes is only 8 by default? Maybe we need to raise that, at least for beta purposes? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers