I think maybe a SAN in conjunction with tablespaces might be the answer. Still need one honking server.
Rick Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: cc: Hervé Piedvache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL clustering VS MySQL clustering tgresql.org 01/20/2005 10:08 AM * Christopher Kings-Lynne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > PostgreSQL has replication, but not partitioning (which is what you want). It doesn't have multi-server partitioning.. It's got partitioning within a single server (doesn't it? I thought it did, I know it was discussed w/ the guy from Cox Communications and I thought he was using it :). > So, your only option is Oracle or another very expensive commercial > database. Or partition the data at the application layer. Stephen (See attached file: signature.asc)
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