FYI, the restriction that -B must be larger than -N will be removed in 8.4.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andreas Kling wrote: > Greetings, > > Starting PostgreSQL 8.3.0 with the default options used by Gentoo Linux > (-N 40 -B 80) causes it to bail with an error message. > > "the number of buffers (-B) must be at least twice the number of allowed > connections (-N) and at least 16" > > The problem is that NBuffers is actually "max autovacuum connections" + > NBuffers. > > My attached patch fixes this by adding "max autovacuum connections" * 2 > to NBuffers before the check. > > Best regards, > Andreas Kling > ACG Nystr?m AB > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
