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From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete "Why Postgres
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete "Why Postgres not MySQL" bullet list  ("Shridhar Daithankar" <shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in>)
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Shridhar Daithankar wrote:

>BTW any comments on storing an entire database in single file? I don't trust 
>any file system for performance and data integrity if I have single 100GB file. 
>I would rather have multiple of them..
>

I don't see why not. Entire file systems are stored within a single file 
sometimes. Examples: vmware, and IIRC UserMode Linux.

cheers

andrew

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