On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> On Thursday 20 July 2000, at 10 h 0, the keyboard of Karel Zak
> <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz> wrote:
>
> > And what is a "large database"? 1, 5 .. 10Gb? If yes, (IMHO) the PostgreSQL
> > is good choice.
>
> Even on Linux? I'm studying a database project where the raw data is 10 to 20
> Gb (it will be in several tables in the same database). Linux has a limit of 2
> Gb for a file (even on 64-bits machine, if I'm correct). A colleague told me
> to use NetBSD instead, because PostgreSQL on a Linux machine cannot host more
> than 2 Gb per database. Any practical experience? (I'm not interested in "It
> should work".)
I must again say: "The PostgreSQL is good choice" :-)
The postgres chunks DB files, not exist 2Gb limit here...
Karel
