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Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory

Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@postgresql.org>

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From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 2004-01-31T22:10:15Z
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On Sat, 31 Jan 2004, Tom Lane wrote:

> So, what I'd like to do is make btree index creation pay attention to
> vacuum_mem instead of sort_mem, and rename the vacuum_mem parameter to
> some more-generic name indicating that it's used for more than just
> VACUUM.  Any objections so far?

Why not create a seperate index_mem variable instead?  index creation
tends to be, I think, less frequent then vacuum, so having a higher value
for index_mem then vacuum_mem may make sense ...


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