Re: [DOCS] [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax

2008-12-17 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> * If we do it like this then the left-hand column is really redundant, >> not to say wrong because the right-hand formulas depend on more than >> the single variable mentioned. How about something like >> >> Table 17-2 PostgreSQL shared memory usage >

Re: [DOCS] [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax

2008-12-17 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > 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: > > *

Re: [DOCS] [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax

2008-12-17 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> * If we do it like this then the left-hand column is really redundant, > >> not to say wrong because the right-hand formulas depend on more than > >> the single variable mentioned. How about something like > >> > >> Table 17-2 Post

Re: [DOCS] [ADMIN] shared_buffers and shmmax

2008-12-17 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Bruce Momjian wrote: > I decided I didn't like what I did either; updated version with new > headings and shorter descriptions: > > http://momjian.us/tmp/pgsql/kernel-resources.html This version seems good to me, except please put back the B to the end of "770 k". -- Alvaro Herrera