Re: Rename max_parallel_degree?

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>
> Why is the parallelism variable called "max_parallel_degree"?  Is that a
> descriptive name?  What does "degree" mean?

It is to denote amount of parallelism at node level.

>
>   Why is it not called
> "max_parallel_workers"?
>

Degree of Parallelism is a term used in many of the other popular databases
for the similar purpose, so I think that is another reason to prefer
max_parallel_degree.


With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com