Re: [GENERAL] Database Size Limiting

2004-05-28 Thread Richard Huxton
Campano, Troy wrote: Is it possible to have a database spread across two data files? So if it fills up filesystem1 then we could add a second filesystem and allow it to grow onto this second filesystem? If you're using Linux there is a tool called the Linux Volume Manager (LVM) which does this. Yo

Re: [GENERAL] Database Size Limiting

2004-05-28 Thread Ben-Nes Michael
] Database Size Limiting Is there a way to limit the size that an individual database can take up? My understanding is that all your databases go into a file system which is your ‘catalog cluster’. But all the databases can grow until that filesystem is full. Is

Re: [GENERAL] Database Size Limiting

2004-05-27 Thread Campano, Troy
3:23 PM To: Joshua D. Drake Cc: Campano, Troy; Postgres general mailing list Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Database Size Limiting Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Hello, > > You could use Filsystem quotas but I strongly suggest against it as it > will probably bring about database corruption.

Re: [GENERAL] Database Size Limiting

2004-05-27 Thread Richard Huxton
Joshua D. Drake wrote: Hello, You could use Filsystem quotas but I strongly suggest against it as it will probably bring about database corruption. Ah - manual reference http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/disk-full.html "24.2. Disk Full Failure The most important disk monitoring task of

Re: [GENERAL] Database Size Limiting

2004-05-27 Thread Richard Huxton
Joshua D. Drake wrote: Hello, You could use Filsystem quotas but I strongly suggest against it as it will probably bring about database corruption. I thought we handled that? I'm not saying it'd be pleasant, but I think it's no worse than a power-outage. Hmm, can't find anything in the manuals t

Re: [GENERAL] Database Size Limiting

2004-05-27 Thread Campano, Troy
ke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:12 PM To: Campano, Troy Cc: Postgres general mailing list Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Database Size Limiting Hello, You could use Filsystem quotas but I strongly suggest against it as it will probably bring about database corruption. A bette

Re: [GENERAL] Database Size Limiting

2004-05-27 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Hello, You could use Filsystem quotas but I strongly suggest against it as it will probably bring about database corruption. A better solution would be to monitor the space being allocated so you can add storage as required. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake Campano, Troy wrote: --> Is there a way to li

Re: [GENERAL] Database Size Limiting

2004-05-27 Thread Richard Huxton
Campano, Troy wrote: Is there a way to limit the size that an individual database can take up? My understanding is that all your databases go into a file system which is your 'catalog cluster'. But all the databases can grow until that filesystem is full. Is there a way to limit how big a database

[GENERAL] Database Size Limiting

2004-05-27 Thread Campano, Troy
Title: Database Size Limiting Is there a way to limit the size that an individual database can take up? My understanding is that all your databases go into a file system which is your ‘catalog cluster’. But all the databases can grow until that filesystem is full. Is there a way to limi