Bruce Momjian wrote on Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:24:57 EDT
>> [. . .]
>> Currently, pgsql 6.5.x breaks up the files containing
>> tables into roughly 1 GB chunks. My question is: will
>> pgsql do the same for the files containing the indices?
>>
>> Correction to info in my previous post: my index files are
>> approaching 1GB not 2GB.
>
> I think so.
Peter Mount wrote on Mon, 16 Aug 1999 14:37:06 EDT
> It should do, as it's the StorageManager that does the splitting, and
> tables/indices both use the StorageManager.
>
> This also includes the current LargeObject implementation, as they are
> currently implemented as a table/index pair.
I build a large database and index to test this and, yes, indeed
it *DOES WORK*.
Thanks to Peter Mount and Bruce Momjian for their quick replies
and info.
I will be contructing 100 GB database in the next few weeks. I
try to post some scaling stats when it's up and running.
--Martin
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