On 3/4/18 15:31, Tom Lane wrote: > Then, seeing that the factory defaults are ReservedBackends = 3 and > max_wal_senders = 10, something's got to give; there's no way that > max_connections = 10 can work with those. But what I would argue is that > of those three choices, the least defensible one is max_wal_senders = 10. > Where did that come from?
Let's see. A typical installation might need: 1 for pg_receivewal for continuous backup 2 for pg_basebackup 2 for if pg_basebackup gets interrupted and it takes 2 hours to free the TCP/IP connections 1 for a standby connection 1 for a second standby connection, for making infrastructure changes The purpose of raising the defaults to 10 was so that most users wouldn't need to make changes, making it easier to access "proper" backups and HA. By my account, if the default were less than 7, the setting would be insufficient to satisfy that goal. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
