Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete "Why Postgres

From: Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete "Why Postgres
Date: 2003-08-22 08:36:48
Message-ID: 200308221406.48005.shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in
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On Friday 22 August 2003 13:59, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> >BTW any comments on storing an entire database in single file? I don't
> > trust any file system for performance and data integrity if I have single
> > 100GB file. I would rather have multiple of them..
>
> I don't see why not. Entire file systems are stored within a single file
> sometimes. Examples: vmware, and IIRC UserMode Linux.

Well, half the day that I have spent on interbase documnetation, I didn't see
any WAL type logs. If transactions directly go to database and entire
database is file, I seriously doubt about performance and recovery.

UML and VMware are emulators. You don't want to use them in production right?

I would really love if UML allowed access to filesystems. A Jail type feature
including access control right in memory. That would really rock but it's a
different story..

Shridhar

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