Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> * If we do it like this then the left-hand column is really redundant,
>> not to say wrong because the right-hand formulas depend on more than
>> the single variable mentioned. How about something like
>>
>> Table 17-2 PostgreSQL shared memory usage
>>
>> Purpose Approximate number of bytes required (as of 8.3)
>>
>> Per-connection state (1800 + 270 * max_locks_per_transaction) * max_connections
>> Autovacuum worker state (1800 + 270 * max_locks_per_transaction) * autovacuum_max_workers
>> Prepared transaction state ...
>> Shared disk buffers ...
>> WAL buffers ...
>> Fixed space requirements 770kB
> OK, I updated it again:
> http://momjian.us/tmp/pgsql/kernel-resources.html
> I did change your left column wording because it could be interpreted as
> something that changes during server execution, e.g. connections.
[ shrug... ] I don't find what you did to be an improvement over what
I suggested, but I don't have time to argue about it.
regards, tom lane