-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/21/06 18:12, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >>>> Also if you spec the hardware correctly, you can get up to a total of 16 >>>> cores without any significant cost... just add cpus as needed. >>>> PostgreSQL 8.1 does extremely well up to 8 cpus (8 cores). 8.2 is said >>>> to perform better on > 8 cores, but I have not tested it. >> Sure, but *infinite*? Or were you exercising hyperbole? > > I did say, infinite with the *confines* of the hardware :) :) >> With One Big Database, you can get a SAN and attach a whole lot of >> disk space, but your mobo will only accept a certain number of DIMMs >> and processors of certain designs. And when your growing mega >> database maxes out your h/w, you're stuck. > > Define mega... Because you would need to be in the multi-terrabyte > range. I'm thinking more of RAM and CPU. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFi0wFS9HxQb37XmcRAoaZAJ9s4msf5+3zfInemHzOObYwV4THSgCgihbj oV4EcWu9/YtO75po/Bi9rys= =PmCt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
