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From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
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On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Justin Clift wrote:

> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> <snip>
>> I posted once asking about that, but got no responses :)
>> 
>> Here is a vacuum verbose on gborg's database:
>> 
>> INFO:  free space map: 1000 relations, 7454 pages stored; 23072 total pages 
>> needed
>> DETAIL:  Allocated FSM size: 1000 relations + 20000 pages = 178 kB shared 
>> memory.
>> and this is portal:
>> 
>> INFO:  free space map: 1000 relations, 7425 pages stored; 23024 total pages 
>> needed
>> DETAIL:  Allocated FSM size: 1000 relations + 20000 pages = 178 kB shared 
>> memory.
>> 
>> so, you tell me ... should I increase them?  I haven't been able to find 
>> any docs that talk about this :(
>
> Hmmmm, what are the fsm settings for that postgresql.conf?

Ummmm ... the same as what the DETAIL line above states? :)

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