Maybe these are just the intricacies of translation. This is how I interpret it:
1) All pages are the same size. 2) Data pages are usually stored on disk, 3) each in a separate file, > 1) All pages are of the same size. > 2) Data pages are typically stored on disk > 3) each in a specific file, > 30 черв. 2026 р. о 16:28 David G. Johnston <[email protected]> пише: > > On Sunday, June 28, 2026, PG Doc comments form <[email protected]> > wrote: >> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: >> >> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/glossary.html >> Description: >> >> > The basic structure used to store relation data. All pages are of the same >> size. Data pages are typically stored on disk, each in a specific file, and >> can be read to shared buffers where they can be modified, becoming dirty. >> They become clean when written to disk. New pages, which initially exist in >> memory only, are also dirty until written. >> >> Am I correct in understanding from this description that all files on the >> disk will be the same size? >> One page = one file? > > No. A page is an atomic unit subset of a file. Files contain many pages. > It would be crazy to limit file sizes to 8kb when we have GB available. > > David J.
