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

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete "Why Postgres
Date: 2003-08-22 08:29:57
Message-ID: 3F45D485.5020408@dunslane.net
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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.

cheers

andrew

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