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4- .TH POSTMASTER UNIX11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
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4+ .TH POSTMASTER UNIX02/20/99 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
55.SH "NAME"
66postmaster - run the Postgres postmaster
77.SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ data_dir]
1818[\c
1919.BR " -a"
2020system]
21+ [\c
22+ .BR " -N"
23+ n_backends]
2124.br
2225.in +5n
2326[\c
@@ -105,6 +108,14 @@ connections, use
105108.BR " -a nounauth .
106109This option no longer has any effect.
107110.TP
111+ .BR " -N" " n_backends"
112+ .IR " n_backends"
113+ is the maximum number of backend server processes that this postmaster
114+ is allowed to start. In the stock configuration, this value defaults
115+ to 64, and can be set as high as 1024 if your system will support that
116+ many processes. Both the default and upper limit values can be altered
117+ when building Postgres.
118+ .TP
108119.BR " -b" " backend_pathname"
109120.IR " backend_pathname"
110121is the full pathname of the Postgres backend server executable file that