On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Marti Raudsepp <marti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 18:36, Kevin Grittner > <Kevin.Grittner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Yeah, current behavior with that shutdown option is the opposite of >> smart for any production environment I've seen. (I can see where it >> would be handy in development, though.) What's best in production >> is the equivalent of the fast option with escalation to immediate if >> necessary to ensure shutdown within the time limit. > > +1, we should call it "dumb" :) > > Not accepting new connections with "the database system is shutting > down" makes it even worse -- it means you can't log in to the server > to inspect who's querying it or call pg_terminate_backend() on them. > > I couldn't find any past discussions about changing the default to "fast". > Are there any reasons why that cannot be done in a future release? Or at least throw a hint the user's way that -m fast might be needed. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
