On 9/13/05, Yossi Kachlon <yossi_kachlon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
of course. you can have as many installations as you want (limited by number of ports, memory and disk size of course)
of course. actually it is the only way to do real backup. doing file-copy is not safe, and requres person who does it to think more than neccessary. pg_dump utility makes dumps of working database, does it reasonably quickly, and without any observable (at least by me) disturbance to other applications.
of course.
i dont know. but you can have the sources, so with just a little bit of luck you will be able to cmopile it.
depesz
1 - I would like to know if I can install several installations of PostgreSql on the same machine with silent install (different ports) ?
of course. you can have as many installations as you want (limited by number of ports, memory and disk size of course)
2 – Can I make a backup of the database without shutting it down?
of course. actually it is the only way to do real backup. doing file-copy is not safe, and requres person who does it to think more than neccessary. pg_dump utility makes dumps of working database, does it reasonably quickly, and without any observable (at least by me) disturbance to other applications.
3 – Is there support for multi-CPU?
of course.
4 – Is there a support for OSF1 OS?
i dont know. but you can have the sources, so with just a little bit of luck you will be able to cmopile it.
depesz