Re: Data directory on read-only media - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Data directory on read-only media
Date
Msg-id 200511212240.41356.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to Re: Data directory on read-only media  (Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>)
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Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> > I think that a read-only installation of PostgreSQL would be a very
> > poor demonstration of its capabilities.  Better put the data in a
> > RAM disk.
>
> RAM space is limited.

Nowadays, CD space is often more limited than RAM.  You could of course 
now talk about a DVD instead.  I wonder what kind of performance you'd 
get out of that anyway.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/


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