Re: clarification of postgres limitations - Mailing list pgsql-general

From scott.marlowe
Subject Re: clarification of postgres limitations
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.33.0403041048240.11855-100000@css120.ihs.com
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In response to clarification of postgres limitations  (mbc@soliton.com)
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On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 mbc@soliton.com wrote:

> Since it seems that the location of the server's data store is bound to a
> single directory, a database cannot span across multiple file systems.
> Further, does it imply that the maxiumum size of a database cannot exceed
> the maximum size of the underlying file system?

With 7.5 you'll be able to easily put database structures on more than one
file system.

As of 7.x series, the initlocation script allowed you to put individual
databases within a cluster on different storage points:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/manage-ag-alternate-locs.html


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