Re: [HACKERS] Streaming replication document improvements

Kevin Grittner <kevin.grittner@wicourts.gov>

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
To: "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>, "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, "Fujii Masao" <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-04-20T14:24:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 3. Your proposal
>>>    Treat superuser replication connection like non-superuser one
> 
>> Well, only for this one very specific purpose.  I would adjust
>> the docs like this:
> 
>> Determines the number of connection "slots" that are reserved for
>> connections by PostgreSQL  superusers. At most max_connections
>> connections can ever be active simultaneously. Whenever the
>> number of active concurrent connections is at least
>> max_connections minus superuser_reserved_connections, new
>> connections will be accepted only for superusers, and no new
>> replication connections will be accepted.
> 
>> I think that's pretty simple and clear.
> 
> +1.  I'm not sure about the consequences of converting walsender
> to non-superuser across the board, and would prefer not to
> experiment with it at this stage of the release cycle.
 
+1
 
-Kevin