Re: cvs head? initdb?

Jan Wieck wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > Jan Wieck wrote:
> >> >> Yeah, there was a problem with *extreme* sharing ... the code tried to 
> >> >> use the same buffer for multiple disk blocks at the same time, and 
> >> >> somehow the backends did not agree on the correct content. But it's 
> >> >> fixed and back in. You can see ARC working by setting
> >> >> 
> >> >>      buffer_strategy_status_interval = 10 # seconds
> > 
> > The above line is the one I was asking about?  Does that just control
> > debug output interval?  If so, it should be named more appropriately.
> 
> Yes, all it controls is the DEBUG1 output eveny N seconds. What is 
> inappropriate about it? It is exactly that, it shows the sizes and 
> recent hit rates for the 4 different CDB queues of the strategy. Have a 
> better one?

I figured it should begin with debug_ or log_, maybe:
debug_shared_buffers = 10  # seconds

I don't think "interval" is needed and it clearly links to the
shared_buffers parameter.

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