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From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Distributing index's/tables/logs/etc.
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Msg-id 200202040503.g14538j19345@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Distributing index's/tables/logs/etc.  (Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh@pop.jaring.my>)
Responses Re: Distributing index's/tables/logs/etc.  (Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh@pop.jaring.my>)
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Lincoln Yeoh wrote:
> At 10:13 PM 03-02-2002 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> >Use /contrib/oid2name to make file numbers to table/database names.
> >Then shut down the database and symlink indexes to another device.
> >That's all it takes.
>
> Just curious: how big can indexes get? Do they get split at X GB boundaries?

Sorry, yes as Tom mentioned, they split at 1 gig boundaries.

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