Re: Units in postgresql.conf

On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 01:49:36PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> One frequent source of confusion are the different units that the parameters 
> in postgresql.conf use.  shared_buffers is in 8 kB, work_mem is in 1 kB; 
> bgwriter_delay is in milliseconds, checkpoint_warning is in seconds.  
> Obviously, we can't change that without inconveniencing a lot of users.
> 
> I think it would be useful to allow units to be added to these settings, for 
> example
> 
> shared_buffers = 1000kB
> checkpoint_warning = 30s
> 
> This would also allow
> 
> shared_buffers = 512MB
> 
> which is a bit cumbersome to calculate right now (you'd need = 65536).
> 
> I haven't thought yet how to parse or implement this, but would
> people find this useful?

Absolutely! :)

Cheers,
D
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