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authorMagnus Hagander2012-08-10 12:49:03 +0000
committerMagnus Hagander2012-08-10 12:54:36 +0000
commit6f0c9bc4b95c295501caa5ca56158afef7f50f30 (patch)
treedadd1b45e46b2b76e649aca714685d694e79c54a /doc/src
parentc0751d323e96fcaaecba289b71970388972ee608 (diff)
Fix upper limit of superuser_reserved_connections, add limit for wal_senders
Should be limited to the maximum number of connections excluding autovacuum workers, not including. Add similar check for max_wal_senders, which should never be higher than max_connections.
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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/config.sgml15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index d8bc344b15d..b8eaac39eaf 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1908,11 +1908,16 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
</indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
- Specifies the maximum number of concurrent connections from standby
- servers (i.e., the maximum number of simultaneously running WAL sender
- processes). The default is zero. This parameter can only be set at
- server start. <varname>wal_level</> must be set to <literal>archive</>
- or <literal>hot_standby</> to allow connections from standby servers.
+ Specifies the maximum number of concurrent connections from
+ standby servers (i.e., the
+ maximum number of simultaneously running WAL sender
+ processes). The default is zero, meaning replication is
+ disabled. WAL sender processes count towards the total number
+ of connections, so the parameter cannot be set higher than
+ <xref linkend="guc-max-connections">. This parameter can only
+ be set at server start. <varname>wal_level</> must be set
+ to <literal>archive</> or <literal>hot_standby</> to allow
+ connections from standby servers.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>