Re: max. size for a table

From: Joel Burton <jburton(at)scw(dot)org>
To: Albert <mhjuang(at)gennet(dot)com(dot)tw>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: max. size for a table
Date: 2001-04-23 05:00:30
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0104230059290.15933-100000@olympus.scw.org
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Albert wrote:

> Hi all~~
>
> In the documentation of "Limitations of PostgreSQL", the maximum size for a
> table is 64TB on all operating system.
> I am using Linux(the limitation size of ext2 file is 2GB).
> Would anyone tell me if there is any solution to make a table large than 2GB
> in Linux using PostgreSQL.
> Thank you very much.

There are many patches for Linux kernels that remove the 2GB limit (or
alternate filesystems to ext2).

If you're not sure where to start, try a google search : '2GB limitation
remove', which returns a bunch of hits.

Good luck,
--
Joel Burton <jburton(at)scw(dot)org>
Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington

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