Re: postgres limitation

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgres limitation
Date: 2001-01-28 15:44:19
Message-ID: 200101281544.KAA01275@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > Maximum size for a table?
> > >
> > > 2G blocks, hence 16 to 64 terabytes depending on the BLCKSZ
> > > configuration constant. (If someone were to run around and make sure
> > > all the block-number arithmetic is unsigned, we could claim 4G blocks,
> > > but I think it's not all unsigned now...)

Added to TODO:

* Make sure all block numbers are unsigned to increase maximum table size

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