Re: Big 7.1 open items

From: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev(at)SECTORBASE(dot)COM>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>
Subject: Re: Big 7.1 open items
Date: 2000-06-27 08:53:10
Message-ID: 39586B75.9C16AB93@tpf.co.jp
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Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > The symlinks wouldn't do any good for what Bruce had in mind anyway
> > > (IIRC, he wanted to get useful per-database numbers from "du").
> >
> > Our database design seems to be in the opposite direction
> > if it is restricted for the convenience of command calls.
>
> Well, I don't see any reason not to use tablespace/database rather than
> just tablespace. Seems having fewer files in each directory will be a
> little faster, and if we can make administration easier, why not?
>

I only objected to emphasize the advantage in getting useful per-database
numbers from "du". It's only misleading in dbms design.

Regards.

Hiroshi Inoue
Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp

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