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Re: Can PostGreSQL handle 100 user database?

Trond Eivind Glomsrød <teg@redhat.com>

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From: teg@redhat.com (Trond Eivind GlomsrØd )
To: Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch>
Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, "Brian C. Doyle" <bcdoyle@mindspring.com>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-11-30T21:11:39Z
Lists: pgsql-general, pgsql-sql 
Marc SCHAEFER <schaefer@alphanet.ch> writes:

> On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
> 
> > Note that this is a Linux limitation ... and even then, I'm not quite sure
> > how accurate that is anymore ... the *BSDs have supported >2gb file
> > systems for ages now, and, since IBM supports Linux, I'd be shocked if
> > there was a 2GB limit on memory, considering alot of IBMs servers support
> > up to 4 or 8GB of RAM ...
> 
> Linux 2.2.x on ix86 only supports files upto 2 GB. 

This support has been backported as is available in some kernels
shipped with Red Hat Linux, and has been so for some time. Possibly
others. 


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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.