[lug] Industrial Strength DB (was: StarOffice)

[Archer Sully]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Reifschneider" <jafo-blug at tummy.com>

> On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 10:50:12AM -0600, Precision Solutions, Inc. wrote:
> >One of the issues we're facing is the 2GB max file size on
>
> Postgres splits data files well below this size, I think will start using
> a new file at 1GB.  As I understand it, this limit is only on 32-bit
> architectures -- going to an Alpha would make it go away (though I haven't
> tested it).
>

The surprising thing is that any *DBMS that is aspiring to "industrial
strength" would use the filesystem at all.

Archer Sully
Boulder, CO