Re: Database/table limits ??????

On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 09:30:01PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ]
> > I understand OID is signed integer which go up to 2^31.
> > Almost any case it would be sufficient. (It's sufficient for me, at least)
> >
> > What I really want to know is the same as original poster.
> >
> > > > 8. Can a database be spread over more than one disk drive?
>
> Yes, by creating symbolic links for the files in data/base/dbname.

Or for a larger, more general problem, using some sort of RAID solution
for the data/base/dbname directory. Under linux, the md (multidisk)
drivers provide a software RAID solution (BSD has it's own solution,
I understand).

Ross
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