From: Eric <emayo@pozicom.net>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Limiting database size
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:48:10 -0400
Message-ID: <afahdp$n9p$1@news.hub.org> (raw)
References: <200206071442.36850.josh@agliodbs.com>
I like the idea of putting it on a hard disk or partition of fixed size and
waiting for the DB to simply crash.
hahaha
"Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote in message
news:200206071442.36850.josh@agliodbs.com...
> Mauricio,
>
> > Hi, is there any way to limit the database size??
>
> First, this is a question for PGSQL-NOVICE or PGSQL-GENERAL, not this
mailing
> list.
>
> Second -- sort of. You can put the database on its own hard drive
partition.
> Then the database will crash when it runs out of space -- so I'm not sure
> that helps you.
>
> Of course, with other RDBMSs, which have administrative settings for size
> limits, the database shuts down when you're out of space. So I'm not sure
> how useful the whole idea is.
>
> --
> -Josh Berkus
>
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