[PERFORM] Interaction between Free Space Map an alternate location for a database

2004-11-18 Thread Dave Cramer
Can someone explain how the free space map deals with alternate database locations? Given that the free space map is global, and it is ostensibly managing free disk space, how does it deal with tuples across disk locations ? Dave -- Dave Cramer http://www.postgresintl.com 519 939 0336

Re: [PERFORM] Interaction between Free Space Map an alternate location for a database

2004-11-18 Thread Josh Berkus
Dave, Given that the free space map is global, and it is ostensibly managing free disk space, how does it deal with tuples across disk locations ? Are you talking Tablespaces? -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---(end of

Re: [PERFORM] Interaction between Free Space Map an alternate location for a database

2004-11-18 Thread Tom Lane
Dave Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can someone explain how the free space map deals with alternate database locations? It doesn't really care. It identifies tables by database OID+table OID, and where they happen to sit physically doesn't matter. regards, tom lane