On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> The only straightforward implementation is to take the parameter,
> divide by MaxBackends, and allow each backend to have no more than
> that many files open. Any sort of dynamic allocation would require
> inter-backend communication, which is probably more trouble than it's
> worth to avoid a few kernel calls.
agreed, just wanted to make sure ... sound great to me ...
> > (note. I'm running with 192 backends right now,
> > and have actually pushed it to run 188 simultaneously *grin*) ...
>
> Lessee, 8192 FDs / 192 backends = 42 per backend. No wonder you were
> running out.
*grin* I up'd it to 32k ... so far its max'd out at around 7175used ...