Re: Re: [HACKERS] 8Ko limitation

From: Erich <hh(at)cyberpass(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: [HACKERS] 8Ko limitation
Date: 2000-07-20 21:05:39
Message-ID: 200007202105.OAA25856@cyberpass.net
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> Even on Linux? I'm studying a database project where the raw data is 10 to 20
> Gb (it will be in several tables in the same database). Linux has a limit of 2
> Gb for a file (even on 64-bits machine, if I'm correct). A colleague told me

Quoi?

On my RedHat6.2 system:

/dev/md0 14111856 257828 13137168 2% /raid

> to use NetBSD instead, because PostgreSQL on a Linux machine cannot host more
> than 2 Gb per database. Any practical experience? (I'm not interested in "It
> should work".)

For a heavy-duty server, I would probably pick OpenBSD over Linux, but
both will work fine, and both can have filesystems far larger than
2gb.

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