Re: Database/table limits ?????? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Ross J. Reedstrom
Subject Re: Database/table limits ??????
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Msg-id 20000601230916.A25361@rice.edu
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In response to Re: Database/table limits ??????  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 09:30:01PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ]
> > I understand OID is signed integer which go up to  2^31.
> > Almost any case it would be sufficient. (It's sufficient for me, at least)
> >
> > What I really want to know is the same as original poster.
> >
> > > > 8. Can a database be spread over more than one disk drive?
>
> Yes, by creating symbolic links for the files in data/base/dbname.

Or for a larger, more general problem, using some sort of RAID solution
for the data/base/dbname directory. Under linux, the md (multidisk)
drivers provide a software RAID solution (BSD has it's own solution,
I understand).

Ross
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Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm@rice.edu>
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Rice University, 6100 S. Main St.,  Houston, TX 77005


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