Re: Large tables being split at 1GB boundary

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
Cc: PgSQL Novice ML <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Large tables being split at 1GB boundary
Date: 2002-05-21 23:27:47
Message-ID: 19550.1022023667@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> writes:
> what is the reason for splitting filenodes at the 1GB mark?
> Why not 2GB (2^31).

Some platforms fail on files >= 2GB. Maybe it's only > 2GB,
or maybe there is funny boundary behavior. We didn't see any
point in taking a risk.

regards, tom lane

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