File tree Expand file tree Collapse file tree 1 file changed +4
-8
lines changed Expand file tree Collapse file tree 1 file changed +4
-8
lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -1944,20 +1944,16 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
19441944 </para>
19451945
19461946 <para>
1947- A good starting point for this setting is the number of separate
1947+ For magnetic drives, a good starting point for this setting is the
1948+ number of separate
19481949 drives comprising a RAID 0 stripe or RAID 1 mirror being used for the
19491950 database. (For RAID 5 the parity drive should not be counted.)
19501951 However, if the database is often busy with multiple queries issued in
19511952 concurrent sessions, lower values may be sufficient to keep the disk
19521953 array busy. A value higher than needed to keep the disks busy will
19531954 only result in extra CPU overhead.
1954- </para>
1955-
1956- <para>
1957- For more exotic systems, such as memory-based storage or a RAID array
1958- that is limited by bus bandwidth, the correct value might be the
1959- number of I/O paths available. Some experimentation may be needed
1960- to find the best value.
1955+ SSDs and other memory-based storage can often process many
1956+ concurrent requests, so the best value might be in the hundreds.
19611957 </para>
19621958
19631959 <para>
You can’t perform that action at this time.
0 commit comments