Re: postgres on a PDA

From: "Dan Langille" <dan(at)langille(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgres on a PDA
Date: 2003-01-15 04:47:09
Message-ID: 3E24A17D.7187.2CADB079@localhost
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-general

On 14 Jan 2003 at 23:43, Tom Lane wrote:

> But I fear the real problem is going to be that FLASH memory has a
> limited lifetime (measured in write cycles). Postgres is going to
> spend that lifetime with abandon, because it has absolutely no
> motivation to avoid disk writes. Are you prepared to replace the
> FLASH every so often?

What, roughly, is the limit?
--
Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-general by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Bruce Momjian 2003-01-15 04:56:25 Upcoming PostgreSQL events
Previous Message Tom Lane 2003-01-15 04:43:26 Re: postgres on a PDA