Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b0qXx-0000bY-Ln for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 12 May 2016 13:20:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b0qXx-0005sl-8Z for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 12 May 2016 13:20:57 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b0qXY-0005UK-PM for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Thu, 12 May 2016 13:20:32 +0000 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b0qXU-0006kq-Ji for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Thu, 12 May 2016 13:20:32 +0000 Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.internal [10.202.2.45]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3083121349 for ; Thu, 12 May 2016 09:20:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 12 May 2016 09:20:26 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=dSvQjkhtKD5KyOs YemX0w6fTlik=; b=jp0csJhrjQdy8cKcGcT4JEjUf8CTRdkYy7iTzRRKnmAhqSs 6/KGzfJegl1p74dAs7E7oSfn8ScfoDtDTGT0Dg54EPNRFf2cnGFo54VufDwsd4h9 xKS/YtRhyk8WC53pt03BXN59dRVI5b0dU2GqBK2lnYoDO47j6FfARvEAroqs= X-Sasl-enc: 6mHx75XtEoc3iN8IkSlQYjK+nGakZCcNbNcV9r7/nD9w 1463059225 Received: from april.local (c-73-13-66-39.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [73.13.66.39]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id BAFEAC0001D; Thu, 12 May 2016 09:20:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: max_worker_processes default not documented To: "David G. Johnston" , "pgsql-docs@postgresql.org" References: From: Peter Eisentraut Organization: 2ndQuadrant Message-ID: <293b7a8d-9642-6e31-e425-360a6274eaf5@2ndquadrant.com> Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 09:20:28 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-docs Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-docs-owner@postgresql.org On 5/7/16 11:16 PM, David G. Johnston wrote: > While this may be in the postgresql.conf it's absence in the docs is made > noticeable by the fact both the immediately preceding and subsequent items > in the 9.6 docs specify their default values. Furthermore, > max_parallel_degree defaults to 2 but the workers come from the pool sized > using max_worker_processes - provoking the very question as to how many is > 2 relative to the default pool size. done -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs