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| 1 | +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.190 2008/08/2519:03:37 tgl Exp $ --> |
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3 | 3 | <chapter Id="runtime-config"> |
4 | 4 | <title>Server Configuration</title> |
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3414 | 3414 | </indexterm> |
3415 | 3415 | <listitem> |
3416 | 3416 | <para> |
3417 | | - Sets the directory to store temporary statistics data in. This can be a |
3418 | | - path relative to the data directory or an absolute path. The default is |
3419 | | - <filename>pg_stat_tmp</filename>. Pointing this at a RAM based filesystem |
3420 | | - will decrease physical I/O requirements and can lead to increased |
3421 | | - performance. If this parameter is changed when the system is running, |
3422 | | -there is a small window of time until the new file has been written |
3423 | | -during which the statistics functions might return no information. |
| 3417 | + Sets the directory to store temporary statistics data in. This can be |
| 3418 | + a path relative to the data directory or an absolute path. The default |
| 3419 | + is <filename>pg_stat_tmp</filename>. Pointing this at a RAM based |
| 3420 | + filesystem will decrease physical I/O requirements and can lead to |
| 3421 | + improved performance. |
| 3422 | + This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</> |
| 3423 | + file or on the server command line. |
| 3424 | + If this parameter is changed while the server is running, there is a |
| 3425 | + small window of time until the new statistics file has been written |
| 3426 | + during which the statistics functions might return no information. |
3424 | 3427 | </para> |
3425 | 3428 | </listitem> |
3426 | 3429 | </varlistentry> |
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