Re: Practical maximums (was Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL theoretical maximums.)

2006-07-30 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Ron Johnson wrote: > I think I've read that there are multi-hundred GB PostgreSQL > databases. > > Since pg_dump is single-threaded, how long does it take to back up > such a database? The evasive answer is that you probably don't run regular full pg_dump on such databases. > Are there any plans

Practical maximums (was Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL theoretical maximums.)

2006-07-30 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Huxton wrote: > Karen Hill wrote: >> How many tables can PostgreSQL theoretically and then >> practically handle? What is the largest database size >> possible? What was the biggest database you've ever had on >> PostgreSQL? What were the ch