On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 11:58 PM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > Why is the parallelism variable called "max_parallel_degree"? Is that a > descriptive name? What does "degree" mean? Why is it not called > "max_parallel_workers"?
Because "degree of parallelism" is standard terminology, I guess. Also, consider that we have the related but actually sorta different GUC max_worker_processes. I think max_parallel_workers to control the per-query behavior and max_worker_processes to control the global system behavior would be confusing - those names are very close together. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
