Re: [DOCS] [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax

2008-12-16 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> If you're going to give a formula, why not just give a formula, eg > You mean like this: > http://momjian.us/tmp/pgsql/kernel-resources.html Yeah, more or less. A couple thoughts now that I see it worked out: * Combining the entries for max_conn

Re: [DOCS] [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax

2008-12-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > OK, updated patch. I added item descriptions and removed Alvaro's > > paragraph; I worked with Alvaro on this patch. > > This still seems pretty misleading, as for example > > > > > > > > > !1800 + 270 * > !

Re: [DOCS] [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax

2008-12-16 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > OK, updated patch. I added item descriptions and removed Alvaro's > paragraph; I worked with Alvaro on this patch. This still seems pretty misleading, as for example > > > > !1800 + 270 * !linkend="guc-max-locks-per-transact

Re: [DOCS] [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax

2008-12-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > OK, I never got the change applied because of Alvaro's objection so > > > there is nothing to revert. Alvaro said he has an idea for improved > > > wording; I do not. > > > > I think we should add a more explicit

Re: [DOCS] [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax

2008-12-16 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > OK, I never got the change applied because of Alvaro's objection so > > there is nothing to revert. Alvaro said he has an idea for improved > > wording; I do not. > > I think we should add a more explicit note, like in the attached patch. Com

Re: [DOCS] "managing kernel resources" and platform-specific notes

2008-12-16 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Alvaro Herrera wrote: We've got some platform-specific notes in the "managing kernel resources" (17.4.1 on 8.4devel) page. Since we recently got platform-specific sections in the installation instructions (15.8), it seems a good idea to move these notes to the new sections. It was my intent to

Re: [DOCS] "managing kernel resources" and platform-specific notes

2008-12-16 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera writes: > We've got some platform-specific notes in the "managing kernel > resources" (17.4.1 on 8.4devel) page. Since we recently got > platform-specific sections in the installation instructions (15.8), it > seems a good idea to move these notes to the new sections. > Opinions?

[DOCS] "managing kernel resources" and platform-specific notes

2008-12-16 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Hi, We've got some platform-specific notes in the "managing kernel resources" (17.4.1 on 8.4devel) page. Since we recently got platform-specific sections in the installation instructions (15.8), it seems a good idea to move these notes to the new sections. Opinions? -- Alvaro Herrera

Re: [DOCS] [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax

2008-12-16 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Bruce Momjian wrote: > OK, I never got the change applied because of Alvaro's objection so > there is nothing to revert. Alvaro said he has an idea for improved > wording; I do not. I think we should add a more explicit note, like in the attached patch. -- Alvaro Herrera