Re: WIP - Add ability to constrain backend temporary file space
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Mark Kirkwood <mark.kirkwood@catalyst.net.nz>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-02-18T21:41:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Mark Kirkwood <mark.kirkwood@catalyst.net.nz> writes: > Added. With respect to the datatype, using int with KB units means the > largest temp size is approx 2047GB - I know that seems like a lot now... > but maybe someone out there wants (say) their temp files limited to > 4096GB :-) [ shrug... ] Sorry, I can't imagine a use case for this parameter where the value isn't a *lot* less than that. Maybe if it were global, but not if it's per-backend. regards, tom lane