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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2018-11-02 09:11:00 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2018-11-02 09:11:00 -0400
commit3e0f1a4741f564c1a2fa6e944729d6967355d8c7 (patch)
tree7e28e221e269c0b4b9e01e561a5f7974b3d34c80 /doc/src
parent0083a824333874570ec34b23c9acd445d1183036 (diff)
GUC: adjust effective_cache_size docs and SQL description
Clarify that effective_cache_size is both kernel buffers and shared buffers. Reported-by: nat@makarevitch.org Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/153685164808.22334.15432535018443165207@wrigleys.postgresql.org Backpatch-through: 9.3
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
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@@ -4147,7 +4147,8 @@ ANY <replaceable class="parameter">num_sync</replaceable> ( <replaceable class="
used. When setting this parameter you should consider both
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>'s shared buffers and the
portion of the kernel's disk cache that will be used for
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> data files. Also, take
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> data files, though some
+ data might exist in both places. Also, take
into account the expected number of concurrent queries on different
tables, since they will have to share the available
space. This parameter has no effect on the size of shared