Re: table size limit under Linux

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: norbert(dot)meissner(at)str(dot)daimler-benz(dot)com
Cc: "HENAFF Mari-mai FTRD/DMI/LAN" <marimai(dot)henaff(at)rd(dot)francetelecom(dot)fr>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: table size limit under Linux
Date: 2000-05-31 17:15:34
Message-ID: 200005311715.NAA10414@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > How do you go beyond 2gigs on a single file on ext2fs (like
> > > the major linux distributions delivering) ? magic?
> >
> > Split the files into 1 gig segments.
> >
>
> Excuse my dumb questions, but is this a capability of linux or postgresql ?
> Can you point me to a location where i can read more ?

PostgreSQL. We do it automatically to get around file size limits.

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