From: Jim C. Nasby <decibel@decibel.org>
To: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Cc: Chris Hebrard <tech2@wildcash.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Kernel Resources and max_connections
Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 23:07:18 -0500
Message-ID: <20050504040718.GU47820@decibel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4278297A.1010703@paradise.net.nz>
References: <42782194.7040500@wildcash.com>
<4278297A.1010703@paradise.net.nz>
On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 01:46:34PM +1200, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> (This not-very-clear distinction between what is sysctl'abe and what is
> a kernel tunable is a bit of a downer).
I think this is documented somewhere, though I can't think of where
right now.
Also, note that some sysctl's can only be set in /boot/loader.conf.
hw.ata.wc=0 is an example (which you want to set on any box with IDE
drives if you want fsync to actually do what it thinks it's doing).
--
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