Re: is PG able to handle a >500 GB Database? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvar Freude
Subject Re: is PG able to handle a >500 GB Database?
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Msg-id 3A67ADC8.E673F259@merz-akademie.de
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In response to is PG able to handle a >500 GB Database?  (Alvar Freude <alvar.freude@merz-akademie.de>)
Responses Re: is PG able to handle a >500 GB Database?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi,

Tom Lane schrieb:
>
> You'd probably find the OID counter wrapping around before too long.
> However, as long as you don't assume that OIDs are unique in your data
> tables, that shouldn't bother you a whole lot.  AFAIK you should be
> able to make it work.

ok -- the OID-Counter is (still) 4-byte int?

As far as I guess now I don't think I need an unique OID -- if Postgres
didn't need it!

I only need two unique string fields in one table, so it might be a good
test if Postgres will be slower with lots of data ... ;-)


Ciao
  Alvar


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