| From: | Norbert Meissner <norbert(dot)meissner(at)str(dot)daimler-benz(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Ohgaki Yasuo <yasuo_ohgaki(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Future plans for raw devices ? |
| Date: | 2000-06-02 14:54:22 |
| Message-ID: | 3937CA9E.89AD8061@syssun11f.rrz.debis.str.daimler-benz.com |
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> [ 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.
>
> > > > 9. Can a table be spread over more than one disk drive?
>
> Yes, if it gets over 1GB, it is split and a new file created. Symbolic
> links allow them to be moved.
>
Yeah ! Strong magic! BTW: are there any plans to have the database files on raw
devices in the future?
Norbert
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