On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 22:09, Greg Smith <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kevin and I both suggested a "fast plus timeout then immediate" behavior is > what many users seem to want. ÂMy comments were at > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-09/msg01145.php ; for an > example of how fast shutdown can fail see > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-03/msg00062.php True, I've hit that a few times too. Seems that a better solution would be implementing a new -m option that does this transparently? Regards, Marti -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance