Manfred, > Can't this be done on postmaster startup? I think of two GUC > variables where there is only one today: min_shared_buffers and > max_shared_buffers. If allocation for the max_ values fails, the > numbers are decreased in a loop of, say, 10 steps until allocation > succeeds, or even fails at the min_ values.
I think the archives are back up. Take a look at this thread; we already had this discussion at some length, and decided that a max of 1000 was reasonable in advance of user tuning. And, I believe, Tom has already written the code. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
