Re: Linux ready for high-volume databases?

>>>>> "AH" == Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl> writes:

AH> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 12:21:53PM -0400, Vivek Khera wrote:
>> >>>>> "GS" == Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
>>
GS> Vivek Khera <khera(at)kcilink(dot)com> writes:

GS> Oh, it's a really small database. That helps a lot with the backup
GS> problems of 24x7 operation. Still I would be interested.
>>
>> Well, perhaps, but it is big enough and pounded on enough
>> (read/insert/update very often) that it saturates the disk. I have
>> memory to spare according to the system stats.

AH> Well, was it really a 27 MB database, or it was a typo and you meant 27
AH> GB? The latter doesn't fit in my "really small database" category...

Yes, typo. It is 27GB *not* just 27MB. Heck, I could do 27MB on
my solid state drive at an incredible speed ;-)