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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 53b361e7a92..d99bf38e677 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -1849,9 +1849,8 @@ include_dir 'conf.d' operations can use. The final limit is determined by multiplying <varname>work_mem</varname> by <varname>hash_mem_multiplier</varname>. The default value is - 1.0, which makes hash-based operations subject to the same - simple <varname>work_mem</varname> maximum as sort-based - operations. + 2.0, which makes hash-based operations use twice the usual + <varname>work_mem</varname> base amount. </para> <para> Consider increasing <varname>hash_mem_multiplier</varname> in @@ -1859,7 +1858,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d' occurrence, especially when simply increasing <varname>work_mem</varname> results in memory pressure (memory pressure typically takes the form of intermittent out of - memory errors). A setting of 1.5 or 2.0 may be effective with + memory errors). The default setting of 2.0 is often effective with mixed workloads. Higher settings in the range of 2.0 - 8.0 or more may be effective in environments where <varname>work_mem</varname> has already been increased to 40MB |