Re: PostgreSQL on system with root as only user

Unless it's a read-only database, I would never recommend using flash
media for an RDBMS.

Unless it's a small database, I would never recommend using USB as a
storage interface for an RDBMS.

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Brandon Aiken
CS/IT Systems Engineer
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[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of AgentM
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:42 AM
To: PostgreSQL General ML
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL on system with root as only user

On Aug 30, 2006, at 9:01 , Chris Mair wrote:

>
> If you know what you're doing and you want to disable that
> feature you need to recompile from source and disable the
> uid checks in src/backend/main/main.c.
>
> Unless you're working in the embedded space or some such thing,
> I don't think it's a good idea, anyway.

Has anyone actually used PostgreSQL on an embedded system? I am
genuinely curious. How about db performance from a flash drive?

-M

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