[ADMIN] Future plans for raw devices ?

[Norbert Meissner]

> [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ]
> > I understand OID is signed integer which go up to  2^31.
> > Almost any case it would be sufficient. (It's sufficient for me, at least)
> >
> > What I really want to know is the same as original poster.
> >
> > > > 8. Can a database be spread over more than one disk drive?
>
> Yes, by creating symbolic links for the files in data/base/dbname.
>
> > > > 9. Can a table be spread over more than one disk drive?
>
> Yes, if it gets over 1GB, it is split and a new file created.  Symbolic
> links allow them to be moved.
>

Yeah ! Strong magic! BTW: are there any plans to have the database files on raw
devices in the future?

Norbert