Re: Server won't start with fallback setting by initdb.

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 3/4/18 15:31, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Then, seeing that the factory defaults are ReservedBackends = 3 and
>> max_wal_senders = 10, something's got to give; there's no way that
>> max_connections = 10 can work with those.  But what I would argue is that
>> of those three choices, the least defensible one is max_wal_senders = 10.
>> Where did that come from?

> Let's see.  A typical installation might need:

> 1 for pg_receivewal for continuous backup
> 2 for pg_basebackup
> 2 for if pg_basebackup gets interrupted and it takes 2 hours to free the
> TCP/IP connections
> 1 for a standby connection
> 1 for a second standby connection, for making infrastructure changes

That's "typical"?  It sounds like a major installation to me, one that
would certainly have had to fool with more settings than just
max_wal_senders.  Two concurrent pg_basebackups running at all times
seems particularly dubious.

If we drop the assumption of 2 concurrent pg_basebackups, then your
math would lead to a value of 5, which I'd be OK with.

            regards, tom lane