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be tracked in the shared free-space map. Six bytes of shared memory
are consumed for each page slot. This setting must be more than
16 * <varname>max_fsm_relations</varname>. The default is 20000.
+ The last few lines of a database-wide <command>VACUUM VERBOSE</>
+ can help in determining if the the default setting is suitable.
+ A <literal>NOTICE</> message is also printed during such an operation
+ if the current setting is too low.
This option can only be set at server start.
</para>
</listitem>
free space will be tracked in the shared free-space map. Roughly
fifty bytes of shared memory are consumed for each slot.
The default is 1000.
+ The last few lines of a database-wide <command>VACUUM VERBOSE</>
+ can help in determining if the the default setting is suitable.
+ A <literal>NOTICE</> message is also printed during such an operation
+ if the current setting is too low.
This option can only be set at server start.
</para>
</listitem>