Re: Linux ready for high-volume databases? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Vivek Khera
Subject Re: Linux ready for high-volume databases?
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Msg-id 16204.65139.345298.201058@yertle.int.kciLink.com
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In response to  ("Gregory S. Williamson" <gsw@globexplorer.com>)
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>>>>> "AH" == Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@dcc.uchile.cl> writes:

AH> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:21:53PM -0400, Vivek Khera wrote:
>> >>>>> "GS" == Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
>>
GS> Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> writes:

GS> Oh, it's a really small database. That helps a lot with the backup
GS> problems of 24x7 operation. Still I would be interested.
>>
>> Well, perhaps, but it is big enough and pounded on enough
>> (read/insert/update very often) that it saturates the disk.  I have
>> memory to spare according to the system stats.

AH> Well, was it really a 27 MB database, or it was a typo and you meant 27
AH> GB?  The latter doesn't fit in my "really small database" category...

Yes, typo.  It is  27GB *not* just 27MB.  Heck, I could do 27MB on
my solid state drive at an incredible speed ;-)

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