Re: tcp_keepalives_idle

Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org> writes:
> I am struggling to understand what following phrase says:

> tcp_keepalives_idle (integer)
>     Specifies the number of seconds before sending a keepalive packet
>     on an otherwise idle connection.

It means "the connection is idle except for keepalive packets".
We could perhaps just drop the word "otherwise", if people find
it confusing.

> What I am not sure is the meaning of "otherwise". Can I safely replace
> it to:
>     Specifies the number of seconds before sending a keepalive packet
>     on an other side of idle connection.

No, that's not a good fix.
        regards, tom lane