Re: postgres on a PDA

From: Thomas Beutin <tyrone(at)laokoon(dot)IN-Berlin(dot)DE>
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 11:12:46
Message-ID: 20030115121246.A8797@laokoon.bug.net
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 11:43:26PM -0500, 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?
The IBM MicroDrive might be a solution for this kind of problem.

Greetings,
-tb
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Thomas Beutin tb(at)laokoon(dot)IN-Berlin(dot)DE
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