Re: table size limit under Linux - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: table size limit under Linux
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Msg-id 200005311715.NAA10414@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: table size limit under Linux  (Norbert Meissner <norbert.meissner@str.daimler-benz.com>)
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> > > How do you go beyond 2gigs on a single file on ext2fs (like
> > > the major linux distributions delivering) ? magic?
> >
> > Split the files into 1 gig segments.
> >
>
> Excuse my dumb questions, but is this a capability of linux or postgresql ?
> Can you point me to a location where i can read more ?

PostgreSQL.  We do it automatically to get around file size limits.

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