> > Indeed, I've been wondering lately if we shouldn't resurrect
> > LET_OS_MANAGE_FILESIZE and make that the default on systems with
> > largefile support. If nothing else it would cut down on open/close
> > overhead on very large relations.
I'd still put some limit on the filesize, else you cannot manually
distribute a table across spindles anymore. Also some backup solutions
are not too happy with too large files eighter (they have trouble
with staging the backup). I would suggest something like 32 Gb.
Andreas
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