Jim C. Nasby wrote: > There was recently discussion about changing how allocation happens in > the future. I'm pretty sure it was started by Bruce Momjian on -hackers, > but I can't find it in the archives now... I don't think is was me. If it was, it would be on the TODO list. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 03:14:13PM -0800, Tomeh, Husam wrote: > > I apologize for the wrong subject in a previous post. Here it is again: > > > > > > My understanding that the current release of Postgres does not allow > > the DBA to pre-allocated space for the data files or tablespace in > > advance (as Oracle or SQL Server does). Am I correct on that ? If that's > > still the case, is this item on the TODO list or the white board? > > Pre-allocating space will prevent extending the datafile during loading > > massive data (batch processing) and would improve the overall batch > > write performance. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > -- > > Husam > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > > > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > > > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > This message contains confidential information intended only for the > > use of the addressee(s) named above and may contain information that > > is legally privileged. If you are not the addressee, or the person > > responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you are hereby > > notified that reading, disseminating, distributing or copying this > > message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by > > mistake, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and > > delete the original message immediately thereafter. > > > > Thank you. FADLD Tag > > ********************************************************************** > > -- > Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 > vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
