Re: initlocation question

From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
To: Chris Hoover <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: initlocation question
Date: 2005-10-06 19:27:56
Message-ID: 1128626876.29347.237.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 14:05, Chris Hoover wrote:
> Question, is there a limit to the number of directories you can use
> with initlocation in a single PostgreSQL cluster? If so, what is the
> limit (theoretical and/or practical)?
>
> We are in 7.3 right now, but I'm also concerned about 8.x.

As of 8.x, you'd probably be better served with table spaces. locations
were the old school way of working around a lack of table spaces.
There's no limit I know of, certainly not one you're likely to hit for
any rational installation.

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