On 8/1/16 2:17 AM, Gavin Flower wrote: > Possibly look how make does it with the '-l' flag? > > '-l 8' don't start more process when load is 8 or greater, works on > Linux at least...
The problem with that approach is that it takes about a minute for the load averages figures to be updated, by which time you have already thrashed your system. You can try this out by building PostgreSQL this way. Please save your work first, because you might have to hard-reboot your system. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
