On 2023-Oct-10, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 09.10.23 17:48, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Hmm, not sure about this. [...]
>
> Would those issues also apply to the other SLRU-based guides on this man
> page? Are they all a bit wrong?
I didn't verify, but I think it's likely that they do and they are.
> > Not sure how to write this concisely, though. Should we really try?
>
> Maybe not. But the documentation currently suggests you can try (probably
> somewhat copy-and-pasted).
I bet this has not been thoroughly verified.
Perhaps we should have (somewhere outside the option list) a separate
paragraph that explains how to determine the safest maximum value to
use, and list only the multiplier together with each option.
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